Cab And Hmrc

Now better known as David Caox and focussing on /CEPforSE or The Consumer Partnership in Oxfordshire and the South East (for short).

My last working day today - the rest is holiday! If I can I'll hand over the admin role for this page to my successor. I know how much you'd miss it if I didn't ... David Wocab will now become more broadly focussed on all consumer matters (which of course includes users of government agencies). If I can change the Wocab bit I will.

They're discussing the mansion tax idea at Eastleigh. What do you think?

Definitely. Do it. #taxcredits

HMRC enhances its 'naming and shaming' policy. The Managing Deliberate Defaulters scheme.

This worries a lot of people. The digitally excluded.

Read this and vote!

Criticism of Labour's proposed 'mansion tax' - with suggested improvements to make both more likely and more effective.

Beware...!

Inheritance tax (also known as death tax) will catch more of us as wealth and incomes rise, but threshold is frozen.

A spokesman for HMRC said: "We are now taking a more strategic approach to managing our resources resulting in us answering phone calls faster and turning post around more quickly than ever before."
HMRC has faced a number of critical reports in recent years, and last month MPs put the authority's helpline under scrutiny.
The UK's head of tax, Lin Homer, admitted to the Commons Public Accounts Committee that some people faced waits of more than 10 minutes to get through.
... From April, HMRC will have a target of making 80% of people wait no longer than five minutes to speak to a real person.
Call costs will also be reduced by the end of the summer.
Full report here.
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