HMRC to recruit 100 new inspectors to target HNWIs

I received a press release today from HMRC, stating that ‘The Affluent Compliance Team’ is to begin recruitment of 100 additional inspectors.

In addition to taxpayers with an annual income of more than £150,000 and wealth of between £2.5 million and £20 million, the unit will also cover those with wealth in the range £1 million to £2.5 million.

By the end of December 2012 the unit had brought in an extra £75 million in tax – well ahead of expectations – with a target of £586 million by the end of 2015.

Exchequer Secretary David Gauke said:

“HMRC set up the new Affluent Teams from some of the £917 million we made available in 2010. The team has made a great start by bringing in £75 million in additional tax that would otherwise have been lost to the country.

“The vast majority of people pay their way. Dodging tax is immoral, illegal and unaffordable and the minority who cheat are increasingly finding that, thanks to the work of the Affluent Team, they have made a big mistake.”

Roger Atkinson, Director of the Affluent Teams, said:

“In September 2012 the Government announced an additional investment of £5 million, enabling us to recruit an extra 100 inspectors. We will recruit from within HMRC and externally and the new team will be fully operational by April and focused on delivering an additional £75 million a year.

“We want to recruit people with external experience and appropriate qualifications for inspector and lead case director roles. We want people with recent commercial and corporate experience in personal tax to help us understand our customer base. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront, tackling those who do not pay the right tax.

HMRC’s advertising agency has already contacted eTaxJobs about advertising some of these positions. If eTaxJobs is asked to be involved I will update this post with a link to the jobs.

UPDATE 30.113 – These HMRC jobs are now live on eTaxJobs as of today: http://www.etaxjobs.com/candidate/recruiter-jobs-hmrc-personal-tax-jobs-479.html