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Latest HMRC articles

Google denies accusations of 'unethical' tax arrangement

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Google's European boss, Matt Brittin, once again faces Public Accounts Committee over tax
16 May 2013

HMRC analyses data to catch offshore tax evaders

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US and Australian tax administrations working with HMRC to fight tax evasion
14 May 2013

Infosec 2013: Incentivise staff to become aware of cyber risks

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The Economist Group, HMRC and Field Fisher Waterhouse believe that firms needs to find innovative ways to educate their staff
25 Apr 2013

H4cked Off: Google, stop making excuses and pay your taxes

Eric Schmidt claims Google benefits the UK in other ways, justifying their paltry tax bill. The web giant needs to wise-up and cough up
22 Apr 2013

Crash Podcast: MWC, HMRC and other acronyms

Computing brings you its semi-regular podcast, featuring a roundup of Mobile World Congress and other stories
11 Mar 2013

HMRC trawling social media to find evidence of tax fraud

Openly available web data being fed into HMRC's anti-fraud data warehouse
25 Feb 2013

Fujitsu helps Gravesham Borough Council tackle social housing fraud

Council able to repossess six properties thanks to analytics software
13 Feb 2013

HMRC saved £74m on IT between 2011 and 2012, says NAO

A quarter of HMRC’s overall savings are from IT
08 Feb 2013

eBay's tax arrangement costs Britain and Germany $1bn

Firm registers tiny Luxembourg office as EU base to avoid VAT
03 Dec 2012

HMRC CIO Phil Pavitt leaves for new role at Aviva

Pavitt joins long list of public sector CIOs to switch to private sector, while deputy Mark Hall steps up
23 Nov 2012

HMRC plans data warehouse consolidation project

Tax dodgers beware: New 150+ terabyte data warehouse to be operational by 2015
14 Nov 2012

HMRC to move storage to the G-Cloud

Cloud service switch to be complete by April 2013 and will save £1m
28 Sep 2012

Key government projects ‘on time, on schedule, and within budget’

HMRC real-time information project and universal credit welfare system to be delivered on time
18 Jul 2012

Two-fifths of companies fear financial penalties under new HMRC system for PAYE

Companies are concerned about the introduction of HMRC's new real-time information system for PAYE and pensions
17 Apr 2012

HMRC misses deadline to create team of cyber investigators

Creation of team aiming to counter the increased threat on HMRC's systems is running late
17 Jan 2012

HMRC develops risk management tool

Other government departments are keen to learn from HMRC's in-house agile development project
21 Sep 2011

Spending watchdog sniffs trouble with DWP's flagship IT project

Public Accounts Committee report highlights concerns about the Universal Credit System project
15 Sep 2011

New UK benefits structure depends on "high risk" IT projects

Parliamentary spending watchdog warns that any IT delays could wipe out projected savings
13 Sep 2011

More than 1,000 Fujitsu workers to strike this month

The strike, to take place on 19 September, will affect HMRC, the ONS and DVLA
08 Sep 2011

HMRC to reduce IT service spend by £235m

The department aims to save a total of £964m by 2014-15
20 Jul 2011

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19 Jul 2011

HMRC to consult on VAT exemption for shared services

Health providers, charities and housing associations expected to benefit from VAT exemption
30 Jun 2011

Tech gongs awarded in the Queen's honours list

NPIA chief and DWP tech gurus receive awards
13 Jun 2011

Fraud-busting tech saves government £12m

HMRC uses savings from renegotiated IT contract to invest in data analysis tools
08 Jun 2011