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RSS details hmThousands hit by tax credit ID fraud
News The government has been accused of trying to hush up the true scale of tax credit ID fraud with details now emerging that thousands of benefits staff at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have had their... [14 Dec 2005]
£30m ID fraud takes down tax credit website
News The tax credit website handles around half a million transactions a year and the fraudsters were able to change claim details and redirect the money into their own bank accounts by getting hold of a genuine claimant's... [05 Dec 2005]
EDS coughs up £71m for tax credit IT fiasco
News No further details of the payments have been revealed. HM government remains a very important client for EDS and we are pleased that we have been able to settle this dispute without incurring the costs... [22 Nov 2005]
Revenue threatens to sue EDS over tax credit IT problems
News But talks over compensation have become deadlocked and, following an executive committee meeting of the HM Revenue and Customs department (HMRC), the Revenue has issued a statement warning it will sue EDS and air all the... [21 Jun 2005]
Small businesses miss out on e-filing incentive
News Smith said that small businesses still have time to move over to electronic filing before the 19 May deadline, but should apply for online log-in details now. If they file their return online, small businesses can claim... [22 Apr 2005]
Customs and Fujitsu PFI deal will now "exceed £1bn"
News The details of the Fujitsu deal were revealed in the NAO report, which specifically assessed the performance of Customs' £327m IT-based 'e-service' programme to improve services and efficiency through electronic service... [21 Nov 2003]
Website lends SMEs a hand
News Small companies will be able to use the service to let Companies House, HM Customs and Excise, the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, DVLA, DVLNi, Inland Revenue and the Office of Information... [26 Oct 2001]
Identity theft: security threats get personal
Comment Or you can start to use someone else's existing details as your own. Card details are easily obtainable from hard copy print outs or by telephone or directly from a user's PC. Dr Neil Barrett, technical... [13 Nov 2000]
M&S error sparks fears of hack attack
News Barrett - who has seen the error message - claims it contained information that could easily lead a cracker to confidential customer details. Steve Wind-Mozley, research and development manager for marksandspencer.com,... [20 Oct 2000]
Prison Service ponders UK-wide intranet
News HM Prison Service confirmed the meeting had taken place but would not give further details at this point. HM Prison Service has begun an informal investigation into the use of intranets... [02 Mar 2000]
HM Customs closes in on ecommerce tax system
News Later, they will look at the details of what that IT solution will be. After months of denying that software could collect taxes online, HM Customs revealed today that it is working with the OECD to... [16 Dec 1999]
Lobby group pushes for ecommerce tax breakthrough
News The EeTG's proposal is the first to offer more details on the EC's working paper on e-taxation, released in June. But David Holmes, HM Customs' head of process supply, said a single place of registration... [15 Dec 1999]
ANALYSIS: VAT - Virtual Added Tax?
Comment This would work as a huge database, which included details of all the discrepancies between national tax systems, and tracked ecommerce transactions accordingly. Perkins said that HM Customs & Excise... [07 Oct 1998]
