Select committee: Treasury Committee

The work of HMRC

Closed Opened 27 Jan 2022 Closed 30 May 2024

Treasury Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

As part of its ongoing scrutiny of the work of HM Revenue and Customs, the Treasury Committee holds regular hearings with the Permanent Secretary and other senior HMRC officials to discuss the key issues facing the organisation.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 27 January 2022.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

4 oral evidence sessionsLatest 24 April 2024
6 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, HMRC, following oral evidence on 'The work of HMRC', dated 30 April 202421 May 2024, Correspondence
Letter from Jim Harra, HMRC, following oral evidence on 'The work of HMRC', dated 15 May 202421 May 2024, Correspondence
Oral evidence session24 April 2024, Oral evidence

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
24 Apr 2024	Oral evidence session Angela McDonald · HMRC, Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia · HMRC, Jim Harra · HMRC	View ↗
18 Oct 2023	Oral evidence session Angela MacDonald · HMRC, Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia · HMRC, Jim Harra · HMRC	View ↗
30 Nov 2022	Oral evidence session Angela MacDonald · HMRC, Jim Harra · HMRC, Jonathan Athow · HMRC	View ↗
2 Feb 2022	Oral evidence session Angela MacDonald · HMRC, Jim Harra · HMRC, Penny Ciniewicz · HMRC	View ↗

Who gave evidence

6 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Jim Harra · Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive	HMRC	4
Angela MacDonald · Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary	HMRC	3
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia	HMRC	2
Angela McDonald · Second Permanent Secretary	HMRC	1
Jonathan Athow · Director General for Customer Strategy and Tax Design	HMRC	1
Penny Ciniewicz · Director General for Customer Compliance Group	HMRC	1

Correspondence

26 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
21 May 2024	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HMRC, following oral evidence on 'The work of HMRC', dated 15 May 2024
21 May 2024	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, HMRC, following oral evidence on 'The work of HMRC', dated 30 April 2024
20 Mar 2024	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HM Revenue & Customs, relating to the Self-Assessment helpline restrictions, dated 20 March 2024
20 Mar 2024	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HM Revenue & Customs, relating to the Self-Assessment helpline restrictions, dated 19 March 2024
19 Mar 2024	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HM Revenue & Customs, to the Chair relating to Disguised Remuneration Tax Avoidance Schemes and the Loan Charge, dated 11 March 2024
19 Mar 2024	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, HM Revenue & Customs, relating to Disguised Remuneration Tax Avoidance Schemes and the Loan Charge, dated 5 February 2024
22 Feb 2024	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, HM Revenue and Customs, relating to the Self-Assessment helpline restrictions, dated 21 February 2024
20 Feb 2024	To committee	Letter from HM Revenue and Customs relating to Child Benefit and National Insurance credits, dated 1 February
20 Feb 2024	From committee	Letter to HM Revenue and Customs relating to Child Benefit and National Insurance credits, dated 19 January
19 Dec 2023	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HM Revenue and Customs, relating to changes to the Self-Assessment helpline in December 2023 and January 2024, dated 15 December 2023
7 Dec 2023	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, HM Revenue and customs, relating to the Self-Assessment helpline in December 2023 and January 2024, dated 7 December 2023
7 Dec 2023	To committee	Letter from Jim Harra, HM Revenue and Customs, relating to changes to the Self-Assessment helpline in December 2023 and January 2024, dated 4 December 2023
8 Nov 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence from Jim Harra, HMRC, relating to oral evidence given on 18 October 2023
8 Nov 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence to Jim Harra, HMRC relating to oral evidence given on 18 October 2023
28 Jun 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence from HMRC relating to the HMRC pilot of a seasonal model for their Self-Assessment (SA) helpline, dated 22 June
25 Jan 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence from HMRC, relating to phone line closures
17 Jan 2023	To committee	Letter from the Permanent Secretary, HMRC relating to the session on ‘The work of HMRC’ on 30 November 2022, dated 6 January
10 Jan 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence from the First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HMRC, relating to the session on ‘The work of HMRC’ on Wednesday 30 November 2022, dated 15 December
9 Jan 2023	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Chair to the Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to phone line closures, dated 9 January
8 Dec 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to phone line closures, dated 7 December
2 Dec 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Chair to the Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to phone lines, dated 2 December
15 Nov 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Interim Chair to the Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to the work of HMRC, dated 10 October
15 Nov 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary, HMRC, relating to the work of HMRC, dated 1 November
14 Mar 2022	To committee	Letter from HMRC relating to ‘The work of HMRC’ session, dated 4 March
21 Feb 2022	To committee	Letter from the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Association of Taxation Technicians relating to ‘The work of HMRC’ session, dated 4 February
21 Feb 2022	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Jim Harra, Permanent Secretary HMRC, relating to ‘The work of HMRC’ session, dated 17 February