Conclusion

This Government is pleased to have received from the previous Finance and Expenditure Committee their report of their Inquiry into the Powers and Operations of the Inland Revenue Department.

The Government is able to report that Inland Revenue is addressing the majority of the recommendations in a manner that is satisfactory to this Government.

The Government is considering the two Machinery of Government recommendations related to the responsibility of drafting legislation (recommendation 23) and the establishment of a specialist tax adviser in the Office of the Ombudsmen (recommendation 19).