ATT: Tax professionals are calling on the Government to provide assurances that it is not going to start selling taxpayers’ data. The ATT is also pressing for a firm assurance from HMRC that robust safeguards, with legal redress, will be put in place to protect individual taxpayers from identification if data is shared with accredited third parties for research and analysis.
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