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  1. Tax measures to encourage economic growth

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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.

  2. Whole of Government Accounts 2022-23

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    The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates accounts from over 10,000 public bodies, providing an overview of the UK’s public finances.

  3. Progress with Making Tax Digital

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    Our report has found that repeated delays have undermined credibility and increased costs of HMRC’s flagship tax transformation programme.

  4. Estimating and reporting fraud and error in annual reports and accounts

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    We estimate that fraud and error cost the taxpayer between £55 billion to £81 billion in 2023-24. Only a fraction of this is detected and known about. To tackle this, public bodies need to know how much fraud and error they face and where it is. Our good practice guide on estimating and reporting fraud […]

  5. Government’s general grants schemes

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    Government has improved its administration of grants, but it has further to go to optimise the value for money of its schemes.

  6. HM Revenue & Customs 2022-23 Accounts

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    Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the NAO, has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of HMRC.

  7. Managing tax compliance following the pandemic

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

  8. Using data analytics to tackle fraud and error

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    This report examines how well placed government is to seize the opportunity offered by data analytics technologies to tackle fraud and error.

  9. Government compensation schemes

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    There is no central coordinated approach when government sets up new compensation schemes resulting in a relatively slow, ad-hoc approach.

  10. Energy bills support: an update

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    Energy bills support successfully protected many people and businesses during 2022 and 2023 from rising energy prices.

  11. 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.