The contract between HM Revenue & Customs and business services firm Concentrix to investigate tax credit awards was a “catastrophic failure” and lessons need to be learned, MPs on...
A real-time online system will collect tax return information automatically and manage irregular incomes better. Could it also make a local income tax viable?
The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
The company contracted by HMRC to help reduce fraud and error in tax credits claims, Concentrix, regularly failed to meet its performance targets, according to an investigation by the National Audit...
HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that a multi-million pound project to reduce the costs of running its estate is “unrealistic”, according to the National Audit Office.
The government could save as much as £2bn by 2020 by digitising services and transactions but progress is being held back by a lack of political drive from the top, including from prime minister...
The government has confirmed today it will seek to clamp down on accountants, tax planners and advisers who help their clients to bend the rules and avoid tax.
Revenue & Customs must do more to tackle the perception that it does not take on tax fraud by the wealthy, a report by the Public Accounts Committee has stated.
The government’s controversial £130m tax deal with Google seems “disproportionately small” when compared with the size of the firm’s UK business, an examination by the...
The Public Accounts Committee is to give both Revenue & Customs and Google a grilling after criticisms that the firm’s deal to pay £130m in back taxes still short changes the UK.
Lin Homer, the chief executive and permanent secretary at HM Revenue & Customs, has been made a dame in the New Year honours in recognition for her service to public finance.
The Public Accounts Committee has slammed HM Revenue & Customs for significant ongoing failures and even deteriorations in its performance over the past year, which it said was putting a dent in...
Failures in tackling fraud and error in the benefits and tax credit systems remain prevalent, with combined underpayments and overpayments in excess of £47bn in 2013/14, the Public Accounts...
Auditor general Amyas Morse has qualified his opinion on the 2014/15 resource accounts of Revenue and Customs due to error and fraud in the payment of tax credits.
The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the work of Revenue and Customs, warning that the tax collection agency continues to have ‘too cosy’ a relationship with accountancy firms and...
Large accountancy firms that advise corporations and individuals on tax avoidance should be banned from working with or for the government, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
