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  1. The Motability scheme

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    This report considers: the Motability scheme’s customer offer and performance; Motability Operations’ financial model; and the scheme’s governance arrangements.

  2. Reducing Costs in HM Revenue & Customs

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    HMRC faces a significant challenge in securing a £1.6 billion reduction in running costs over the next four years, at the same time as increasing tax revenues, improving customer service and achieving reductions in welfare payments.

  4. Investigation into the Digital Services Tax

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    The Digital Services Tax has raised more revenue than forecast by the Government and increased the amount of UK tax paid by big digital companies. HMRC’s compliance work is ongoing and it has yet to identify any non-compliance among business groups, according to a report by the National Audit Office.

  6. Managing civil tax investigations

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    HMRC’s civil investigations directorates, which examine serious cases of suspected tax evasion, have generated increasing returns from their work, while reducing resources. However, there is scope for them to achieve more.

  7. Managing tax compliance following the pandemic

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    This examines the extent to which HMRC is well-placed to manage its compliance work following the pandemic, including future risks and challenges.

  8. Tackling fraud and corruption against government

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    Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources, according to the National Audit Office.

  9. Right data, right place, right time

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    Have you ever had the frustration of having to provide the same information about yourself to different government services? Have you ever had to make decisions without information about what does and doesn’t work? Data is fundamental to delivering public services, improving systems and processes, and supporting sound decisions – but accessing accurate data is […]

  10. Investigation into Child Trust Funds

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    This report looks at tax-free savings accounts for 6.3 million children born between 2002 and 2011, into which the government paid £2bn.

  11. HM Revenue & Customs: Engaging with tax agents

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    HMRC might be able to increase tax revenues by providing more support to professional tax agents, third parties paid by taxpayers to act on their behalf in their dealings with the Department.

  13. Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018

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    This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.

  15. PaceSetter: HMRC’s programme to improve business operations

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    PaceSetter has led to productivity improvements and may have contributed to greater staff engagement. However, the extent to which overall efficiency has improved is not clear; and some key principles of process improvement are not yet being applied strategically across the entire organisation.

  16. Whole of Government Accounts 2016-2017

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    The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the consolidated financial statements for the whole of the UK public sector, showing what the UK Government spends and receives, and what it owns and owes.

    This is an interactive visualisation of the financial information contained within the Whole of Government accounts published over the last five years

  19. Local government in 2019: a pivotal year

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    2019 will be a pivotal year for local government in England. Numerous difficult and open-ended questions need rapid resolution, at a time when government focus and capacity is directed elsewhere. Drawing on a number of our recent reports, here I explore some of the challenges facing the sector, from budget cuts and growing social care […]

  20. Short guide to the NAO’s work on HM Revenue & Customs

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    This short guide is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on HM Revenue & Customs during the last Parliament.