Government to permit council officials to gain routine access to tax records; powers extend well beyond the justification for data sharing
25 May 2012
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The Local Government Finance Bill, now before Parliament, is drafted in such a way that it could permit the routine disclosure of tax records and other personal data held by HMRC to council officers for several council tax related purposes. The powers also allow HMRC to disclose such details directly to contractors of the Council (e.g. perhaps those IT service providers based overseas or in the Cloud); this could permit tax details to go to many interesting destinations outside the
