§ Mr. Neil Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the Inland Revenue’s plans for reorganisation of tax offices in the charge of principal inspectors of taxes.
§ Mr. MooreAn Inland Revenue committee completed last year a review of these offices, which handle much specialised work and deal with the tax liabilities of the largest financial, commercial and industrial concerns. The Board of Inland Revenue has approved the committee’s recommendations, the main feature of which is the centralisation of the files for companies in those large groups in a tax district headed by a principal inspector of taxes. In all, around 12,000 files will be centralised, mostly within the central London area. The movement, of files will begin shortly and should be substantially completed by March 1986.