THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FROM 38 DEGREES FOR PEOPLE TO WRITE TO HMRC AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN ENABLING LARGE COMPANIES TO GET AWAY WITH TAX DODGING.

INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE, OVER 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR FORWARDED THEIR WRITTEN COMPLAINTS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S TAX COLLECTORS, OVER THE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAVE ALLOWED BIG BUSINESSES TO AVOID PAYING BILLIONS OF POUNDS IN TAX. 

We have found out that the government's tax collectors - HMRC - do not appear to be doing their job properly. Instead of making sure that everyone is paying their fair share of tax, they have agreed to "sweetheart deals," letting big companies off paying billions of pounds in tax. The Government will have been hoping that we have all been to busy doing our Christmas shopping and working out how to we are going to pay heating bills to care about what their tax officers have been up to. But they're wrong.

A huge public outcry and a flood of complaints to HMRC will send a powerful message: we will not stand for the Government giving big business the green light to dodge paying billions of pound in tax. It only takes two minutes to send a complaint letter to HMRC -  We will collect all the letters together and deliver them early in the new year: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/complain-to-HMRC

The media is currently full of the shocking news of these deals. The Daily Mail warns "While families, shopkeepers, and small businesses are forced to pay their bills in full, whilst big businesses  are striking favourable deals and have a "far to cosy" relationship with HM Revenue and Customs." As many of us prepare for winter on a tight budget, its not hard to imagine that those billions of Pounds could have been spent on something better than stuffing the wallets of the most powerful companies in the country. We could have spent it on schools, on hospitals, or making sure that everyone could have have had a safe, warm home at Christmas.

We know that tax dodging is a big issue. That is why last month we decided that it should be something that we would make an urgent priority. This is our opportunity to make sure that we get a fairer system, A people powered flood of complaints now will surprise HMRC and force them to think again. There is still time to write your complaint - but hurry - as they will all be handed in next week.

Maire Campbell - 38 Degrees.