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  1. Efficiency – who’s judging?

    Insight Opinion

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    Government departments are making plans for achieving substantial efficiency savings by 2024-25, but what might this mean in practice?

  5. How to audit artificial intelligence models

    Insight Opinion

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    In our ever-increasing digital and automatized world, certain buzzwords are becoming more centre stage in the public sector. One of them is “artificial intelligence”. While the concept, and development, of artificial intelligence is not new (artificial intelligence was first recognised as a formal discipline in the mid-1950s), it is a word that has been casually […]

  6. Tackling tax credits error and fraud

    Report Value for money

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    HMRC has improved its approach to tackling error and fraud in tax credits but still lost £2.3 billion in 2010-11.

  7. Business support schemes

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s management of its business support schemes.

  9. Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs 2013-14 accounts

    Report Financial audit

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    The report covers HMRC’s progress in operating the PAYE service, its implementation of its new Real Time Information service and its performance in tax collection and in reducing error and fraud in personal tax credits.

  10. Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes

    Report Value for money

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    HMRC is making some headway in reducing opportunities for tax avoidance, but over 100 new schemes have been disclosed in each of the last four years.

  11. Government has increased its climate change ambition, now it must step up to the challenge

    Insight Opinion

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    Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions will be a colossal challenge for the UK and one that will require all parts of government to work together. The NAO has audited numerous cross-government projects and programmes in the past, ranging from the 2012 Olympics to preparations for EU Exit. This experience has given us a deep […]

  13. Rolling out Universal Credit

    Report Value for money

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    In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.

  14. Tax measures to encourage economic growth

    Press release

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    Although government provides billions in tax reliefs each year to encourage growth, it does not monitor or evaluate them closely enough.

  15. Confirmed impacts: NAO report helps HMRC improve customer service (2013)

    Report

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    Within the programme of improvement already started by HMRC, the NAO helped ensure that, in January 2013, HMRC committed to improving customer service.

    This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.

  17. Investigation into devolved funding

    Report Value for money

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    This investigation covers how the UK government determines the amount of funding it allocates to the devolved administrations.

  18. 2012-13 review of the data systems for HM Revenue and Customs

    Report Value for money

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    Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in HM Revenue & Customs’ Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
    This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.

  19. Settling large tax disputes

    Report Value for money

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    Following review by a former tax judge, the NAO concludes that all five settlements were reasonable but there is concern over the settlement processes.

  20. Progress in tackling tobacco smuggling

    Report Value for money

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    Tobacco smuggling is a significant threat to tax revenues. HMRC’s renewed strategy sets out the right measures but the Department’s performance is disappointing.