The Tax Take
The all-powerful Revenue will remain unscathed by scrutiny as long as the figures add up
At the top of the tree
The activities of Revenue have featured large ever since Christ called Zacchaeus the tax collector down from his tree. Revenue are collectors of money, certainly, but are also custodians of information, which is often personal and almost always commercially sensitive. Most taxpayers react to communications which they think might be coming from Revenue pretty much immediately, out of well-placed fear of investigation, collection, seizure and publicity. Despite ...
