inland revenue in news
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Problems of this nature arose out of the merger of the Inland Revenue (IR) and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise (HMCE). Three separate investigations have looked into HM Revenue &... [26 Jun 2008]
Taxman gets new CIO
News Lamey, who was named one of the UK's top CIOs in the silicon.com CIO50 2007, joined HMRC in October 2004 from British Gas and oversaw the integration of the IT operations of Customs & Excise and the Inland... [18 Oct 2007]
HMRC slammed over Capgemini contract costs
News Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), called the costs "hard to justify", following the costly transition of the Aspire (Acquiring Strategic Partners for the Inland Revenue)... [12 Jun 2007]
'Bad publicity': EDS chief attacks the media
News The negative publicity surrounding EDS' loss, after nearly 10 years, of the £3bn contract at the Inland Revenue, was a case of "debugging really big government systems on the six o'clock news", said Thomas. [09 Jan 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... [15 Aug 2006]
Mega banking migration programme "a success"
News The organisation processes 90 per cent of all UK salaries and government payments, including benefit and Inland Revenue tax credits. Nine out of 10 customers are happy with the way one of the biggest... [15 May 2006]
Treasury denies PC tax plan
News Reversing exemptions on personal use of office computers will do nothing to foster greater IT literacy or to encourage taxpayers to communicate electronically with the Inland Revenue or other government... [04 May 2006]
Revenue and Customs merge IT contracts
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has integrated the two separate IT contracts that were in place before the merger of the Customs & Excise and Inland Revenue departments last year. The old... [06 Apr 2006]
Taxman credits IT upgrade for online filing success
News Last year the Inland Revenue - as it was then known - faced criticism when its online system slowed down because of the traditional last-minute rush to file. Nearly two million taxpayers filed their self... [03 Feb 2006]
MPs knock EDS for CSA IT failures
News The Liberal Democrats were rebuked by opposing parties for suggesting the CSA should be part of the Inland Revenue. Lib Dem David Laws said the Inland Revenue would be... [18 Jan 2006]
'Satellite-photo database will increase council tax'
News She said the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), part of the Inland Revenue, is building up a database of information on each home in the UK, with two million records already held. Satellite photos and a 'Big... [06 Jan 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in public sector IT
News Also in June, the Inland Revenue was threatening to drag EDS through the courts unless compensation was forthcoming over the problems with the new tax credit IT system, which led to overpayments to... [19 Dec 2005]
Taxman threatens to sue EDS for credits 'bodge job'
News HM Revenue and Customs, formerly the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, has repeated threats to take legal action against IT supplier EDS following further reports of tax credit... [11 Oct 2005]
Met Police hands £350m IT deal to Capgemini
News It is the second time that Capgemini has beaten EDS to a major public sector IT contract after winning the Inland Revenue's £3bn Aspire outsourcing contract in 2003. A Capgemini-led consortium has beaten... [05 Oct 2005]
Lib Dems set sights on IR35
News They were surprised to learn that it typically takes a couple of years to settle one's employment status with the [Inland] Revenue and they seemed entirely unaware of the fact that one's IR35 and tax... [03 Oct 2005]
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