We will draw out lessons from our work to show how improvements to the government’s planning and spending framework would support better value for taxpayers’ money in the long term.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
The tax system costs HMRC billions of pounds a year to administer. We will look at what the factors affecting costs are.
We set out seven high level lessons with recommendations on what the government can do now so that it will better prevent fraud and maintain standards during an emergency.
We are developing a guide for counter-fraud practitioners to help them understand good practice in fraud and error reporting.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax, covering the 2021-22 final outturn and the 2022-23 provisional estimate.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh rates of income tax, covering the 2021-22 final outturn and 2022-23 provisional estimate.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the NAO, has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of HMRC.
We will examine whether HMRC is well-placed to tackle tax evasion in the retail sector and online services.
We will look at the COVID-19 loans provided to both the arts and sports sectors, and see if DCMS is delivering value for money through its loan book management.
There is no central coordinated approach when government sets up new compensation schemes resulting in a relatively slow, ad-hoc approach.
This will be a follow-up to our 2023 report, which will include the total costs of each of the energy bills support schemes.
Although government provides billions in tax reliefs each year to encourage growth, it does not monitor or evaluate them closely enough.
This report looks at tax-free savings accounts for 6.3 million children born between 2002 and 2011, into which the government paid £2bn.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
Our study will examine whether DBT is well-positioned to secure impact from its support for priority industry sectors.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.
This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh income tax.