HMRC: Tax Returns Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

HMRC: Tax Returns

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts
Wednesday 10th January 2024

(4 months, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Portrait Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
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My Lords, further to my noble friend’s first Answer, has she actually tried ringing the HMRC herself, and what was the outcome?

Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
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My noble friend will be very pleased to know that I phoned HMRC on Monday and eventually managed to speak to a person. I did not tell them who I was, and I do not have very complex tax affairs. It was something very simple, but it could be done only by a real person.