Delighted that this is kind of ten minutes down the road from us. We just feel, i suppose, let down, and why wasnt anything in place to prevent this situation happening . There will now be no new spending save on services to safeguard the vulnerable until the next financial year. Weve been in what you might call a perfect storm of huge increases in demand for our services, at the same time, significant reductions in funding coming from Central Government. But is this a one off . English councils say by the end of the decade they will have seen £16 billion cut from their core Central Government funding. They say by 2020 there will bea funding. They say by 2020 there will be a £5. 8 billion annual shortfall. Whats more, they say they need an additional £1. 3 billion now for social care. Ministers will point to much needed efficiency savings made in the same period, but labour says its time for change. After nearly eight years of conservative government, councils have lost 50 of theirf
Florida. I think you drove from orlando. Thats impressive. Thank you very much for your determination to be here. I know it wasnt easy. Let me pause for a moment to thank all our first responders, local government officials and Community Members who stepped up and responded to the Hurricane Irma in my home state of florida. It is impressive to see everyone working together. Im confident we will continue to Work Together in the aftermath of the storm as well. Todays hearing is another important step in the process of considering forms to the irs. I have stated previously i do not view this effort as an opportunity to degrade or discredit the good work being done by irs employees. However, im a big believer in continuous improvement. Thats been my philosophy in business. We can always get better. Government like business we should always be looking ways to improve. A system of voluntary tax compliant, even with the simplest of tax codes, there are bound to be disputed. What we hope to le
Cspans q and a. A former irs commissioner and Taxpayer Advocates discuss shortcomings in the appeals system. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Welcome to the ways and means subcommittee hearing on irs reform resolving taxpayer disputes. Before i begin my official statement, i would like to recognize the extraordinary effort of two of our Witnesses Today that made it up here from florida. I think you drove from orlando, so thats pretty impressive. Both mr. Shin and ms. Wilson came from the great state of florida. Thank you very much for your determination to be here. I know it wasnt easy. Let me pause for a moment to thank all our first responders, local government officials and community members. We stepd up and responded to the hurricane irmaane my home state of florida. It is impressive to see everyone working together. Im confident we will continue to Work Together in the aftermath of the storm as well. Todays hearing is another important step in the process of considering reforms to
Senator brian men nmenendez. Friday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q and a. A former irs commissioner and Taxpayer Advocates discuss shortcomings in the appeals system. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Welcome to the ways and means subcommittee hearing on irs reform resolving taxpayer disputes. Before i begin my official statement, i would like to recognize the extraordinary effort of two of our Witnesses Today that made it up here from florida. I think you drove from orlando, so thats pretty impressive. Both mr. Shin and ms. Wilson came from the great state of florida. Thank you very much for your determination to be here. I know it wasnt easy. Let me pause for a moment to thank all our first responders, local government officials and community members. We stepd up and responded to the hurricane irmaane my home state of florida. It is impressive to see everyone working together. Im confident we will continue to Work Together in the aftermath of the storm as well. Todays hearing is ano
Subcommittee hearing on irs reform resolving taxpayer disputes. Before it began my official statement i would like to recognize the extraordinary effort of two of our Witnesses Today that made it appear from florida. I think you drove from orlando, so thats pretty impressive. Both mr. Shinn and ms. Wilson came from the great state of florida. Thank you very much for your determination to be here. I know it wasnt easy. Let me pause for a moment to thank all our first responders, local government officials and Community Members who stepped up and respond to the Hurricane Irma in my home state of florida. It is impressive to see everyone working together. Im confident we will continue to Work Together in the aftermath of the storm as well. Todays hearing is another important step in the process of considering reforms to the irs. As i have stated previously, i do not view this effort as an opportunity to degrade or discredit the good work being done by irs employees. However, i am a big be