The participants were then asked to fill in evaluation forms giving their assessment of the workshop.

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The committee said that the tax authority received 79 million calls in 2011-12 about issues such as self-assessment forms, but 20 million of these calls were not answered.

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"CIE is committed to working in equal partnership with our colleagues from education ministries around the world, a relationship that forms the backbone of our reputation and work in global education provision and assessment, " he said.

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Millions of people in the UK fill in self-assessment tax forms each year.

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The ICAEW lists a whole range of potential problems with the current plans, from possible breaches in confidentiality to the prospect of making half a million more people fill in self-assessment forms than currently have to.

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Even beyond that, our readers must also be able to trust that the analysis, perspective and context we apply to facts -- forms of interpretive journalism our readers expect, but few beyond the Journal can practice -- reflect only the honest assessment of our journalists.

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