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  3. Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme

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    This report examines the performance, implementation, procurement and management of the Green Homes Grant scheme.

  5. Departments of the Chancellor of the Exchequer: HM Customs and Excise Appropriation Account 1999 – 2000

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    The National Audit Office today reported the results of their examination of HM Customs and Excise’s systems to ensure the systems provide an effective check on the assessment, collection and allocation of tax revenue during the year ending 31 March 2000. The report includes details of a serious breakdown of controls in Customs which contributed […]

  6. National Insurance Fund Account 1997-98

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    Section 161 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires me to examine and certify the National Insurance Fund Account and this report records the results of my examination of the 1997-98 account.

  7. HM Customs and Excise: Revenue From Gambling Duties

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the work of HM Customs and Excise in collecting gambling duties. Sir John reported that the Department collected £1,530 million in gambling duties in 1998-99, some 22 per cent of the £7 billion spent on gambling in the United Kingdom. The […]

  8. HM Customs and Excise: Improving VAT Assurance

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on HM Customs and Excise’s collection of £29.6 billion VAT from the majority of the UK’s 1.6 million registered VAT traders. The Department’s strategy has been to shift auditing effort towards those traders presenting the highest risks to the revenue and, since […]

  9. HM Customs and Excise: Losses to the Revenue from Frauds on Alcohol Duty

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    Sir John Bourn reported today on the Customs response to an independent investigation into losses of customs revenue of £668 million because alcohol destined for export had been fraudulently diverted onto the UK market. In February 2001, the National Audit Office reported on the losses of £668m million that had arisen between 1993-2000 because alcohol […]

  11. Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs annual accounts 2017-18

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    Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2017-18 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs. His report focuses on tax revenue; Personal Tax Credits and Child Benefit error and fraud; and HMRC’s digital transformation programme.

  13. Tackling problem debt

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    This report aims to evaluate and conclude on HM Treasury’s overall approach to over-indebtedness.

  14. HM Customs and Excise: The Misuse and Smuggling of Hydrocarbon Oils

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    In November 2001, Customs produced estimates for the first time of the revenue loss from frauds on petrol and diesel. Customs estimated that in 2000 the loss could be between £450 million and £980 million in the UK, compared to revenue receipts of £22.6 billion on oils duties. Of this, diesel frauds on the UK […]

  15. Whole of Government Accounts 2017-18

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    The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.

  16. Inland Revenue EDS Strategic Partnership: Award of New Work

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    The Inland Revenue’s strategic partnership with Electronic Data Systems Limited (EDS) has been successful in helping the Department deliver significant changes in taxation policy to demanding timetables, Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today. The Department and EDS run the contract as a partnership, recognising the need for both […]

  17. The Customs Declaration Service: a progress update

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    This report provides an update on HMRC’s progress with the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) since July 2017. We consider the deliverability of the CDS programme and highlight the risks and issues HMRC needs to manage to fully implement CDS by January 2019.

  18. NIRS 2: Contract extension

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    The Inland Revenue, when required to make major enhancements to its national insurance computer system (NIRS 2) to accommodate significant legislative changes, decided to award a contract extension to Accenture, its existing supplier. And, according to a report from the National Audit Office, published today, the contract extension: offered better value for money than the […]

  19. Investigation into errors in Employment and Support Allowance

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    This investigation covers a single, major cause of underpayment error in ESA. This error relates to people whose existing benefit claim was converted to ESA and who were entitled to income-related ESA but were only awarded contribution-based ESA.