Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 21
9th Report - Large business tax compliance
Published 10 Jul 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Large business tax compliance All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We asked HMRC whether it could assure Parliament and the public that it had operated fairly and consistently in two, large, well-publicised tax dispute cases (with General Electric and Glencore). It said that the duty to protect taxpayer confidentiality is at the heart of its charter and so could not discuss either of those cases. HMRC emphasised that this duty extends to all taxpayers and that, even where information is in the public domain, it cannot comment on individual cases.32
From: Public Accounts Committee, 9th Report - Large business tax compliance (HC 86), 10 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 October 2026 (deadline 10 September 2026).