The new contention is over HMRC’s engagement of contractors who were enrolled on Disguised Remuneration schemes.
In a letter to HMRC CEO and permanent secretary Jim Harra, the All-Party Parliamentary Loan Charge Group (APPG) has claimed Freedom of Information enquiries revealed that HMRC misled a Parliamentary committee by withholding information about “an important matter the committee had asked about, for the clear reason that the sharing of this information was ‘sensitive’ and embarrassing to HMRC”.