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HMRC takes lenient view on online tax returns

...person receiving it. Last week, exchequer secretary David Gauke said HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was willing to accept technical problems as a reason for late... Read more

22 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government calls on Experian data to spot fraud

...HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions have signed a deal with... Read more

7 December, 2011 by Mark Say

HMRC eyes £235m cut in IT budget

...HM Revenue and Customs is aiming to save £235m from changes to IT services as part... Read more

21 July, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

HMRC points to progress in IT reforms

...HM Revenue and Customs has claimed progress in two key areas of its information management strategy... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Mark Say

HMRC enlists internet bots in tax evasion battle

...HM Revenue & Customs has announced plans to use tools such as 'web robot' software to... Read more

14 June, 2011 by Staff

HMRC spends £765m on IT outsourcing deal

...HM Revenue and Customs spent 44 percent of its 2009-10 supplier budget on its IT... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

HMRC anti-fraud squad targets online scammers

...HM Revenue and Customs is setting up a team to tackle criminals targeting its online systems... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock

DWP to run open-source trials

...support costs, as shown by figures from Kable. Only HM Revenue and Customs spent a similar amount on software.The coalition government has appeared keen... Read more

7 December, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Sony Ericsson gives blessing to FreeXperia developers

...the FreeXperia group of independent developers have been working on the CyanogenMod custom ROM for our latest Xperia phones," Karl-Johan Dahlström, head of developer... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Demand clobbers government petition site on launch

...Other government websites have had trouble dealing with traffic spikes. HM Revenue & Customs was forced to extend the deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

'Unrealistic' IT deadlines threaten universal credit plan

...that link Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data to show how much each universal credit claimant is earning... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Staff

EU looks to service providers for copyright enforcement

...be undermined," he added. The policy blueprint also outlines proposals for strengthening customs enforcements of intellectual property rights. It rejects the seizure of goods that... Read more

25 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Report: Scrap IR35 tax law for contractors

...keeps IR35 but improves the way it is administered by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC); or introduces a simple test to see if contractors should make... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government data bungle comes under fire

...HM Revenue and Customs, the Child Support Agency and the Department for Work and Pensions have... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Kable
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