Ruffling Feathers

Anthony Thomas, President of CIOT, may well have ruffled some feathers over at the ICAEW when he recently debunked the nonsense that there is a "special relationship" between HMRC and the professional bodies. He called it a "myth", akin to that "relationship" between the UK and US governments.

Over at the ICAEW, Michael Izza (the CEO) recently stated that "we (the ICAEW) now have a partnership with HMRC".

So, who is right?