The treatment of Osita Mba, the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) solicitor, is a public scandal. It was he who revealed that Dave Hartnett, former head of HMRC, had made a private deal with Goldman Sachs, sealed with a handshake, that let them off payment of interest amounting to at least £10m. This issue of [...]
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The government are keener to catch whistleblowers than tax avoiders
May 7th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.
One rule for Goldman Sachs, and one for everyone else
May 4th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Praise be to UK Uncut. It’s only due to them that we’re now learning what really lay behind the Blair-Brown policy of ‘light regulation’, now gratefully continued by the Tories, and the world of difference between the treatment of the hyper-rich on the one hand and the defenders of the poorest on the other. The [...]
Tax boss Dave Hartnett awarded for “services to tax avoidance”
Sep 25th, 2012 by Newsdesk.For he’s a jolly good fellow… Bookmarks Hide Sites
Five-point plan to curb tax cheating by big firms and the super-rich
Jun 28th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.My letter on a five-point plan to curb tax cheating by big firms and the super-rich was published in today’s Guardian. For the benefit of Left Futures readers I reproduce it in full here: Bookmarks Hide Sites
Are there ‘sweetheart’ deals between HMRC and big business?
Jun 9th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.The victimisation of Osita Mba is upsetting. He is a revenue solicitor at HMRC who worked on the Goldman Sachs case where the latter fought for 5 years in the courts to avoid a tax liability. But when they finally lost, Dave Hartnett, the Revenue permanent secretary, reached a private deal with them in December [...]
