Select committee: Treasury Committee
Conclusion 2
Sixteenth Report - Tax Simplification
Published 16 Jun 2023
Paragraph 19
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Chancellor appears to agree with us that the trend of an ever more complicated tax system must be reversed. Disbanding the independent body responsible for advising him on, and championing, tax simplification risks signalling that it is not a priority for the Government. However, the most important factor in securing a simpler tax system in practice would be the Chancellor taking, and acting on, the personal responsibility for simplification that he has pledged.
From: Treasury Committee, Sixteenth Report - Tax Simplification (HC 1425), paragraph 19, 16 June 2023
Government response
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