Hmmm... except that this has already featured in the news - and esp on R4 - for several days.
That said, it's my area. I started challenging HMRC, on behalf of clients, about potty D0 codes the previous week. To say nothing of two different coding notices arriving with the same (2 week old) issue date. Any s/ware which allows that is utterly pointless - since employers have to implement the *latest* coding notice - which, of course, is impossible in this case.
To be fair to MB, though, the presenter did ask the HMRC buffoon about HMRC paying "penalties".
Alas, she didn't ask it very well - the response related to missing deadlines,
Clearly, the MB bod wasn't aware that now, as well as fines for lateness, there's an oppressive regime of penalties for tax-payers who make a mistake on their returns.
Still - the good news is that the treasury will collect loads of lovely tax from the bonuses received by the senior HMRC bods who oversaw this, and other IT c*ck-ups during the last year.
Which will enable them to pay yet more bonuses next year. Er....??? :-(((