Judicial review statement from HMRC
Director聽General聽for Business聽Tax, Jim Harra, welcomes High Court judgment in the judicial review involving UK Uncut and HMRC.
He said:
The聽High Court鈥檚 comprehensive dismissal of UK Uncut鈥檚 claim puts to rest the fallacy that HMRC is soft on large businesses.聽
HMRC has an exemplary record in relentlessly challenging those who avoid tax. We have recovered 拢34 billion in additional revenues from large businesses in the last seven years.
The High Court鈥檚 judgment confirms what HMRC has always said: that while we made errors in settling the Goldman Sachs dispute, we made the right settlement in the circumstances, and that our decision was both proper and lawful.
This issue has been rigorously and repeatedly scrutinised 鈥� by the聽Public Accounts Committee, by a retired High Court judge on behalf of the National聽Audit Office and now by the High Court itself.
The public can have confidence in our governance processes, which we have strengthened,聽providing聽greater levels of scrutiny, transparency and role separation.聽
In its definitive judgment, the High Court has now drawn a line under the Goldman Sachs issue. HMRC can now get on with the critical job of working to ensure that all individuals and companies, big and small, pay the tax they owe to fund the UK鈥檚 essential public services.
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