HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been piloting telephone ‘education’ for owners of new businesses.
In effect this results in HMRC calling the ‘customer’ (note: not taxpayer) and offering “…to talk them through some of the main things they need to know as a new business and to signpost them to the available help online”.
It is hard to be critical of an initiative which is I understand designed to support business taxpayers in complying with their tax obligations. But given the press reports today about “deals” being made between the higher echelons of HMRC and “big” businesses to the tune of some $25billion allegedly, is this not just a case of one rule for the rich and one for the poor?
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