
Jim Harra named as head of HMRC on interim basis
Jim Harra is to take over from former chief executive Jon Thompson as the head of HMRC on a temporary basis.

This follows Thompson’s move to the audit regulator to take up a new role from 1 October. Thompson announced he was going to step down and move to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in July.
Read more at the Accountancy Daily.
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