Dave Hartnett
| Dave Hartnett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Anthony Hartnett 25 February 1951 |
| Residence | St Albans, Hertfordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Birmingham University |
| Occupation | Consultant, Deloitte |
| Known for | Former CEO, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) |
| Spouse(s) | Aileen Patricia Mary O'Dempsey |
| Children | 3 |
David Anthony "Dave" Hartnett CB (born 25 February 1951) is a former British civil servant who served as the Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) until his retirement in July 2012. Following his retirement he advised HSBC on financial crime governance alongside former Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Bill Hughes.
Hartnett studied Classics at Birmingham University, and graduated in 1973.
Hartnett joined the then Inland Revenue in 1976. As a graduate tax inspector, he spent his first ten years in Birmingham. He advanced to the position of Director of Capital and Savings in 1998. Following the merger of the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise in 2004, he became HMRC's Director General for Customer Contact and Compliance Strategy and then Director General for Business.
He was one of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue and Customs, the formal governing board of HMRC, from when it was created in 2005 until his retirement, having previously been a board member of the Inland Revenue. On the Board, he acted as Director General of Policy and Technical.
When Paul Gray resigned as Chairman following the loss of the Child Benefit database, Hartnett took over the post in an acting capacity. After permanent replacements were appointed, Mike Clasper as non-executive Chairman and Lesley Strathie as Chief Executive, Hartnett was appointed to a new post of Second Permanent Secretary for Tax, with responsibility for tax professionalism.
In May 2013, Hartnett became a consultant to the tax firm Deloitte.
In September 2010 Hartnett was widely criticised for refusing to apologise for the HMRC "scandal" that saw millions of people being asked for back dated tax after it was alleged that his department had failed to collect PAYE underpayments correctly. He told BBC Radio Four "I'm not sure a need to apologise ...We didn't get it wrong." He later did issue an unreserved apology.
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