article_snippet: Public Accounts Committee said HM Revenue and Customs is failing to sufficiently tackle ‘widespread’ tax avoidance by US giants, including Starbucks, Google and Amazon.
article_snippet: ‘HMRC has not been sufficiently challenging of the manifestly artificial tax arrangements of multinationals.
article_snippet: It is disappointing that HMRC has rejected our recommendation for a tougher code of conduct for tax advisers - a response which is out of kilter with HMRC
article_snippet: Furthermore, we do not believe there are enough prosecutions for tax evasion to act as an effective deterrent to those who break the law.
article_snippet: We are not persuaded that HMRC and the Crown Prosecution Service are doing enough to prosecute serious tax evasion cases.
article_snippet: ’s target to answer 80 per cent of calls within five minutes was ‘unambitious and inadequate’ and noted that HMRC expected HMRC performance in 2014-15 to be ‘worse’ than the previous year.
highlights_snippet: Public Accounts Committee said HMRC is failing to tackle tax avoidance .
  