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James (Jim) Harra, CB (born 1962 or 1963) is a British civil servant working for HM Revenue and Customs. He was Director-General for Business Tax from 2012 to 2016, when he succeeded Edward Troup as Tax Assurance Commissioner. He is also a member of the Board of the department.
Harra's family are based at Dollingstown in County Down, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Donaghcloney Primary School, Tandragee Junior High School and then Portadown College. He read law at Queen’s University, Belfast and then became an inspector of taxes with the Inland Revenue in 1984.
In January 2009, he became Director of Corporation Tax and VAT, and then Director of Personal Tax Customer Operations in March 2011, and Director Personal Tax Operations in October 2011. He became Director General Business Tax in April 2012. He took up his current position as Tax Assurance Commissioner and Director General Customer Strategy and Design in October 2016.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2015 New Year Honours. He is also HMRC's LGB&T Champion.