HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary - 16 September 2008 9.00 am Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street

Attendees

Dave Hartnett - Acting CEO
Melanie Dawes - Acting Director General Business Tax
Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Steve Lamey – Chief Operating Officer
Deepak Singh - Acting Chief Information Officer
Mary Aiston – CFO Portfolio

Secretariat

Sara Woollard - Secretariat
Paul Phillips – Secretariat

Apologies

Mike Hanson – Director General Benefits and Credits
Jim Morrison – Acting Chief People Officer

Also attending

Simon MacDowall, John Andrews (Low Income Tax Reform group), Judith Knott, Stephen Banyard

1 Matters arising

The minutes of 2 September were amended and agreed.

2 Low Income Tax Reform group

John Andrews explained the work of the Low Income Tax Reform group and considered HMRC’s relationships with people on low incomes.

3 Operational Excellence report back

Steve Lamey updated the Committee on Operational Excellence.

4 HMRC First Day Minutes

Anthony Inglese led a discussion on the department’s revised senior level governance arrangements.

5 HMRC risk from economic situation

Melanie Dawes explained the impact of the current economic situation on HMRC’s performance.

6 SME Strategy

The Committee endorsed Melanie Dawes’ approach to a SME strategy.

7 AOB

The Committee agreed correspondence paper 'Disclosure of taxpayer information to Treasury and other Ministers'.

The Committee discussed the Forward Look.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 7 October 2008 in Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street.

Executive Committee Secretariat