Tax officials take a healthy approach to accountability and improving Revenue services, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO)

The new document focuses on the effectiveness of tax collection since the government spending review of 2010, and finds HMRC have responded positively to advice for their improvement, having reduced the cost of tax collection while increasing the take from compliance work.

The tax department is praised for having accepted all but one of the NAO’s 137 recommendations, with more than 80% already implemented in full, and for responding positively to counsel from the Public Accounts Committee. 

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