The head of HMRC has told MPs that there are plans to increase its work with private sector debt collectors to tackle the UK’s current tax debt and improve its services in the long term
In a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting yesterday, HMRC’s chief executive Jim Harra stated that the increased use of private sector debt collectors has made it ‘easier’ for him to plug the staff shortfall at the tax office and will be an important tool in reducing the UK’s current tax debt.