Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has plans to publish its correspondence with (a) tax payers and (b) agents.
HMRC have no plans to publish their correspondence with tax payers and agents.
HM Revenue and Customs are bound by a strict duty of confidentiality with respect to all of the information they hold in connection with their functions. HMRC officials may share information only in the limited circumstances set out in legislation, which include disclosures for the purposes of HMRC’s functions, through specific ‘legislative gateways’ or with a person’s consent.