TIOL-DDT 1783 · Friday, 27 January 2012 · story 7 of 7

Tell the Tax Payer where his taxes go!

On 25th January, a conservative Member of the British Parliament introduced a Bill which would require Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to send an annual statement to every taxpayer detailing how their taxes are being spent, broken down into areas of government spending. He claimed the statement would give taxpayers a "precise and accurate" way of telling how public money is spent.

"This one piece of paper could make this Parliament more responsive to voters' demands while helping this government better explain the spending decisions it has chosen to make," he told MPs.

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