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Taxman to save £110m by taking an axe to its IT estate
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will reduce the £840m it currently spends on IT each year by ditching or shrinking the size of 40 computer systems and shutting down a number of datacentres. HM Revenue and... [30 Oct 2009]
Exclusive: HMRC names new CIO
News Transport for London (TfL) CIO Phil Pavitt has been appointed the new CIO of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). As HMRC CIO, Pavitt will also oversee the £2.8bn Aspire (Acquiring Strategic Partners for the Inland Revenue) IT... [02 Jun 2009]
Taxman hunts for new CIO for £1bn IT dept
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is now advertising the £180,000 per year position, heading up 1,400 staff and a budget of £1bn in one of the largest IT departments in Europe. The CIO will also oversee the £2.8bn Aspire... [13 Jan 2009]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) postponed the PAYE system because of uncertainty over whether it was ready to oversee the collection of taxes from about 31 million people.silicon.com Public Sector The report also reveals... [21 Jul 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News In a settlement EDS agreed to pay £71.25m to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over problems with the tax credit computer system it designed. HMRC admitted to PAC the computer system, now looked after by... [05 Feb 2008]
Offshore Tax Disclosure Campaign Pilots New Compliance Transformation Approach
White Paper A landmark series of legal rulings meant a number of financial institutions had to provide information to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) about hundreds of thousands of their UK customers who hold offshore accounts. [06 Nov 2007]
HMRC slammed over Capgemini contract costs
News The Committee of Public Accounts has slammed the spiralling cost of HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) IT services contract with Capgemini. Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC),... [12 Jun 2007]
Steve Lamey
CIO Profile Aside from the challenge of overseeing the successful integration of the IT operations of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and supporting almost 100,000 staff, Lamey is responsible for one of the biggest outsourcing deals in... [06 Jun 2007]
Tax office CIO gets 20 per cent pay rise
News Lamey, previously a director at BOC and CIO at British Gas, took over the HMRC job from the Inland Revenue's previous IT director John Yard just after the department's £3bn IT Aspire outsourcing contract was switched from EDS to... [15 Aug 2006]
Taxman's IT bill could rocket to £6bn
News The total cost of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) IT contract with Capgemini could more than double to over £6bn instead of the originally projected £3bn, government auditors have warned. The 10-year £3bn... [19 Jul 2006]
Revenue and Customs merge IT contracts
News The old Customs & Excise IT contract held by Fujitsu Services will now become part of the 10-year £3bn Aspire IT services contract awarded to Capgemini by the Inland Revenue at the end of 2003. HM... [06 Apr 2006]
"Nightmare" tax credit IT system cost £236m
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is currently in a stand-off with EDS over compensation for a litany of IT problems that led to massive overpayments and is threatening to take the supplier to court. The government has... [27 Oct 2005]
"Nightmare" tax credits system slammed by MPs
News HM Revenue & Customs, the recently-merged Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise department, is considering its legal options after previous IT supplier EDS rejected a compensation claim for unsatisfactory... [08 Sep 2005]
£75m IT bill for Customs and Inland Revenue merger
News The merger of HM Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue will cost an initial £75m over the next two years, with a large chunk taken up by the IT integration. The government has formally published the Commissioners for... [25 Nov 2004]
HM Revenue and Customs CIO named
News The CIO of the imminent HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department has been named as former BG and BOC IT chief Steve Lamey. Speaking on Lamey's appointment, BOC CIO Peter Dew told silicon.com: "Steve has a great style... [02 Sep 2004]
