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<p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to create two new regional centres in Scotland
in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2019-20, accommodating between 5,700 and 6,300 full time
equivalent posts by 2025. As work is transferred to the regional centres HMRC plans
to close ten offices in Scotland by 2020. The changes are part of a ten-year transformation
programme to deliver better public services at lower cost to the taxpayer. Scotland
has 12 per cent of HMRC’s total workforce and that will not change with modernisation.</p><p>
</p><p>HMRC believes that its responsibilities will be unaffected by the changes.
Staff are receiving guidance and training to deal with any enquiries relating to the
Scottish rate of income tax, as with any other tax issues.</p><p> </p>
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