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IoD response to HMRC consultation on ‘Improving the data HMRC obtains from its customers’
The IoD supports the general principle of government collecting the data required to best support policy intentions.
However, in general, information should not be required in one form for one part of government and either repeated or in a different form for another. And information should not be required from all individuals or entities if the policy aim can be achieved through ONS surveys.
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