Who’s in line to replace Lin Homer as head of HMRC?
Administration

Who’s in line to replace Lin Homer as head of HMRC?

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Who’s in line to replace Lin Homer as head of HMRC...

Accountancy Age - with some help from William Hill - explores who could be the successor to Lin Homer at HMRC Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: IFRS lease accounting and Dame Lin Homer's departure from HMRC
Accounting Standards

Friday Afternoon Live: IFRS lease accounting and Dame Lin Homer's departure...

8y Accountancy Age , Reporters

Friday Afternoon Live: IFRS lease accounting and D...

Now Contentive's head of editorial, Kevin Reed discusses the week's news Read More...

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‘Someone needs to move HMRC forward’: Advisers react to Lin Homer departure
Administration

‘Someone needs to move HMRC forward’: Advisers react to Lin Homer departure

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

‘Someone needs to move HMRC forward’: Advisers rea...

Outgoing HMRC boss unfairly criticised by MPs, senior tax figure tells Accountancy Age Read More...

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Lin Homer takes HMRC chief role
Corporate Tax

Lin Homer takes HMRC chief role

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Lin Homer takes HMRC chief role

Permanent secretary at the Department of Transport takes HMRC CEO role Read More...

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Colin: End of Homer's HMRC Odyssey
People Business

Colin: End of Homer's HMRC Odyssey

8y Taking Stock

Colin: End of Homer's HMRC Odyssey

Colin muses on the view taken by certain corporates on Lin Homer's departure from HMRC Read More...

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New HMRC exec chair outlines priorities to PAC
Administration

New HMRC exec chair outlines priorities to PAC

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

New HMRC exec chair outlines priorities to PAC

Taxman’s executive chair looks to ‘bear down’ on tax avoidance and evasion in published letter to Meg Hillier Read More...

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Colin: New HMRC CEO 'parachuted' in
People Business

Colin: New HMRC CEO 'parachuted' in

8y Taking Stock

Colin: New HMRC CEO 'parachuted' in

When Colin heard HMRC's next CEO was an MOD man, he could only think one thing... Read More...

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HMRC defends Google tax deal ahead of PAC grilling
Administration

HMRC defends Google tax deal ahead of PAC grilling

8y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC defends Google tax deal ahead of PAC grilling

Taxman defends itself following criticism over how it’s handled Google’s tax avoidance Read More...

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Taking Stock: Doh! Homer announces exit after securing No 1 spot
Administration

Taking Stock: Doh! Homer announces exit after securing No 1 spot

8y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Doh! Homer announces exit after secu...

The much-derided Homer - made a Dame in the New Year's Honours - spent more than four years in the role Read More...

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HMRC boss Homer to step down in April
People Business

HMRC boss Homer to step down in April

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC boss Homer to step down in April

Dame Lin Homer is to leave HMRC after more than four years in the job Read More...

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Advisers outline fears as HMRC gets digital
Administration

Advisers outline fears as HMRC gets digital

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Advisers outline fears as HMRC gets digital

Practitioners sceptical over HMRC's ability to deliver a fully digital tax system by 2020, finds Fraser Simpson Read More...

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Universal Credit should follow tax calendar, says Aplin
Corporate Tax

Universal Credit should follow tax calendar, says Aplin

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Universal Credit should follow tax calendar, says ...

Aligning Universal Credit and tax calendars could ease burden on small businesses, ICAEW tax faculty chair says in Hardman Lecture Read More...

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Homer rejects PAC suggestion of Deloitte preference
Corporate Tax

Homer rejects PAC suggestion of Deloitte preference

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Homer rejects PAC suggestion of Deloitte preferenc...

HMRC chief executive refutes Public Accounts Committee suggestions that Deloitte were "preferred facilitator" of tax dispute settlements Read More...

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MPs question Homer's ability to lead HMRC
Administration

MPs question Homer's ability to lead HMRC

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

MPs question Homer's ability to lead HMRC

MPs in the Home Affairs Committee say they are "astounded" Lin Homer is now chief executive of HMRC following her record at the UK Border Agency Read ...

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“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer
Corporate Tax

“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer

Real-time PAYE reporting should not be seen as a panacea to all HMRC's difficulties, MPs tell department chief executive Lin Homer Read More...

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MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate tax avoiders
Administration

MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate tax avoiders

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate ...

MPs claim that smaller, less powerful, businesses get tougher treatment than big corporates on their tax affairs Read More...

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Real-time odyssey awaits Homer after tax testimonies
Corporate Tax

Real-time odyssey awaits Homer after tax testimonies

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Real-time odyssey awaits Homer after tax testimoni...

While not critical, the Treasury sub-committee will have left HMRC in little doubt of the scale of the task ahead Read More...

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Extra 1,000 contact staff lined up at HMRC
Personal Tax

Extra 1,000 contact staff lined up at HMRC

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Extra 1,000 contact staff lined up at HMRC

HMRC is to take on additional call centre staff as it attempts to answer 90% of calls made to its helplines Read More...

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Taxman completes executive role filling
People Business

Taxman completes executive role filling

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman completes executive role filling

HM Revenue & Customs fill the three remaining executive committee positions Read More...

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The poems of Homer (Simpson)
People Business

The poems of Homer (Simpson)

14y David Jetuah , Reporter

The poems of Homer (Simpson)

TS went to meet Dick Steele, the colourful non-executive chairman of Portmeirion. The livewire character proved to be incredibly good value for the p...

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Doh! Customs gives Homer a tax headache
Personal Tax

Doh! Customs gives Homer a tax headache

25y newmedia newmedia

Doh! Customs gives Homer a tax headache

The £20m VAT bill presented to BSkyB over its TV guide has the rest of the industry worried about Customs' next move. Read More...

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ICAS appoints new council member
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ICAS appoints new council member

7y Accountancy Age

ICAS appoints new council member

Colin McClatchie joins Robert Black, Rhona Brankin and Dame Lin Homer as a public interest member on the ICAS council Read More...

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Ex-HMRC chief to join ICAS council
HMRC

Ex-HMRC chief to join ICAS council

7y Accountancy Age

Ex-HMRC chief to join ICAS council

Former chief executive of HMRC Dame Lin Homer has been appointed to the ICAS council as a public interest member Read More...

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HMRC denies multinationals "run rings" around it
Corporate Tax

HMRC denies multinationals "run rings" around it

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

HMRC denies multinationals "run rings" around it

Appearing before MPs, HMRC chief executive Dame Lin Homer denies the taxman gets "outmanoeuvred" by the likes of Google Read More...

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HMRC boss accused of letting HSBC get away 'scot free' over tax evasion claims
Administration

HMRC boss accused of letting HSBC get away 'scot free' over tax evasion cla...

8y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC boss accused of letting HSBC get away 'scot f...

Lin Homer admits it is 'unlikely' there will be prosecutions over claims HSBC's Swiss bank helped wealthy clients evade tax Read More...

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Leader: Collecting tax is a dirty job, but someone's got to do it
Administration

Leader: Collecting tax is a dirty job, but someone's got to do it

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Leader: Collecting tax is a dirty job, but someone...

Whoever steps in to the fill the space left by Lin Homer will inherit a most challenging position Read More...

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The Financial Power List 2016
Accounting Standards

The Financial Power List 2016

8y Accountancy Age , Reporters

The Financial Power List 2016

A crucial year for HMRC sees Lin Homer top Accountancy Age's annual list of individuals to watch in the profession this year Read More...

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HMRC boss criticised for receiving Damehood in New Year’s honours
Administration

HMRC boss criticised for receiving Damehood in New Year’s honours

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

HMRC boss criticised for receiving Damehood in New...

Lin Homer picks up gong in New Year's honours despite often being savaged by MPs over HMRC's performance Read More...

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