Written by John Spencer | 20 December 2011

Every self employed person in the country, and perhaps even moreso those who have been forced to pay additional taxes (some fairly, some unfairly) after HMRC investigations should be outraged at the revelation that HMRC have been cosying up to large companies and agreeing unnecessarily low tax payments in settlement of enquiries.

But they should be even more outraged that HMRC apparently refused to give information to Parliament - remember them? they're the elected officials we put in place to act on our behalf - when asked although it was made clear they had no legal power to refuse.

An unaccountable, undemocratic, oligarchy. Who'd have thought it?