Dear Sir or Madam,

     I understand that there have been several FOI requests made to HMRC
     recently, via the WhatDoTheyKnow website, regarding the laws
     concerning the collection of tax. The reference numbers that you
     have given these requests, the dates they were made, and their
     titles are:

     (1) 1269, 8 March 2009, "Income tax"

     (2) 1394, 10 April 2009, "Proof that Non Foreign Humans are liable
     to pay Income Tax"

     (3) 1414, 16 April 2009, "Proof that Foreign Homo Sapiens must pay
     income tax"

     (4) 1453, 26 April 2009, "Definitions of Income for taxation
     purposes"

     (5) 1483, 2 May 2009, "Exchange of labour for compensation"

     (6) 1640, 2 June 2009, "taxation request"

     I would like to know how much time has been spent answering the
     aforementioned requests. I am hoping that the computer systems that
     you use to answer FOI requests can provide this statistic. If they
     can, brilliant! If not, then don't worry.

     In either case, so that I can make my own estimate of how much time
     has been spent answering the aforementioned FOI requests, I would
     like to request the original files in their original format, that
     the following files were produced from:

     (1) 1394_09 090507.pdf

     (2) 1394_09_Internal review 090514.pdf

     (3) 1394_09 Final 090521.pdf

     (4) 1414 09 response.pdf

     (5) 1453 Simpson reply.pdf

     (6) 1483 09 Jennings.pdf

     The 6 files listed above refer to the PDF attachments that HMRC
     sent as replies to the aforementioned FOI requests.

     By analyzing the PDF files listed above, I understand that they
     have been produced from Microsoft Word files. In case you are not
     aware, it is possible to take a Microsoft Word file and find out
     the total time that has been spent editing that file.
     Unfortunately, the PDF file that is generated from a Microsoft Word
     file does not possess the "Total Editing Time" information. This is
     why I am requesting the original files in their original format, so
     that I may examine the "Total Editing Time" information and hence
     produce my own estimate of how much time HMRC has spent answering
     the aforementioned FOI requests.

     Yours faithfully,

     Josh Walker

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