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  1. Council Tax Support

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    Not all local authorities’ Council Tax support scheme will achieve the objectives outlined by the Department of Communities and Local Government.

  2. Managing the welfare cap

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    The welfare cap is encouraging a greater understanding of spending on some benefits and tax credits across government, but it is important that processes for managing the cap are reliable.

  4. Efficiency – who’s judging?

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

  10. How to audit artificial intelligence models

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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 […]

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

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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.

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

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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.

  13. Business support schemes

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

  14. Tackling tax credits error and fraud

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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.

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

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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 […]

  19. 2012-13 review of the data systems for HM Revenue and Customs

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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.

  20. Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes

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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.