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courtesy of the independent on sunday.
Top tax man is new target
Anti-tax evasion campaigners are to target Britain's top tax man. UK Uncut is demanding the resignation of David Hartnett, and plan to pay a visit to HMRC tomorrow to confront him.
The campaigners, who have controversially targeted high street stores such as Topshop and Marks & Spencer, are now turning their attention to Mr Hartnett, the permanent secretary for tax at HM Revenue & Customs.
Mr Hartnett, who the campaigners have dubbed the "best friend of tax-dodging corporations", has been accused of facilitating "sweetheart" deals with the global phone giant Vodafone and Goldman Sachs, reportedly letting them off millions in tax.
In a parliamentary grilling earlier this month, Mr Hartnett denied dealing with the tax affairs of Goldman Sachs, but leaked papers revealed he had "shaken hands" on a settlement last December. Margaret Hodge MP, who chairs the Treasury Select Committee, accused Mr Hartnett of "lying" about a tax deal involving the tax affairs of Goldman Sachs. Mr Hartnett denied lying, but apologised for a "mistake".
UK Uncut says it plans to visit Mr Hartnett, a man exposed last year as the "most wined and dined civil servant" in Whitehall.
UK Uncut said: "We demand that Mr Hartnett resigns, that corporations are made to pay their fair share, and that the money is used to stop cuts to our public services."
