UK taxmen slammed for tech glitches rampant on child benefits website Putting the fault in digital by default Legal04 Aug 2017 | 27
Small biz breaks out pen, paper after Brit tax collectors' Digital Form Service goes down Soz, SMEs, you can't submit your monthly returns online Legal04 Aug 2017 | 29
NAO: Customs union IT system may not be ready before Brexit System has capacity for 150 million declarations – just 105 million short... Legal13 Jul 2017 | 82
Majority of contractors distrust HMRC's IR35 calculator, survey finds Turkeys voting against Christmas? Legal09 May 2017 | 24
HMRC beer duty bungle leaves breweries struggling to pay online Shiny new web form can't cope with Budget month Legal12 Apr 2017 | 26
Confidence in £70m customs system has 'collapsed', warns Treasury Committee Under Brexit, service faces five-fold rise in transactions Legal31 Mar 2017 | 52
IT contractors behind IR35 calculator to leave HMRC... because of IR35 Sources say department is undergoing a major crackdown Legal30 Mar 2017 | 79
UK.gov departments accused of blanket approach to IR35 Confusion reigns as some departments apply massive crackdown Legal27 Mar 2017 | 82
UK.gov gears up for IR35 private sector crackdown – say industry folk You can run, but you can't hide Legal16 Mar 2017 | 123
HMRC emits IR35 tax calculator onto the web for UK contractors Intends to determine correct employment status Legal03 Mar 2017 | 48
Roses are red, violets are blue, HMRC confirms Verify can STFU Taxmen to press on with own ID authenticating service... as we reported Legal14 Feb 2017 | 39
Calls for UK.gov's tax digitisation plans to be put on the back burner Timetable 'unachievable'. Now, where have we heard that one before? Legal16 Jan 2017 | 14
HMRC IT cockup misses nearly 1m Scottish taxpayers for devo PAYE letters Just the start of £20m IT separation plans Software20 Dec 2016 | 27
HMRC to create new compliance team focused on 'gig economy' workers UK.gov raises eyebrow at firms hiring 'self-employed' staffers Legal27 Oct 2016 | 29
HMRC IT boss quit £185k job for more cash Mark Dearnley was in charge of Europe's biggest public sector IT project On-Prem27 Oct 2016 | 18
Facebook pays, er, nope, gets £11m credit from UK taxman HMRC... We've got an 'efficient tax structure', boast the Zuckerborg On-Prem10 Oct 2016 | 82
Non-doms pay 10 times more in income tax than average taxpayer group Comment Survey: They'll 'move if the grass looks greener' Legal14 Sep 2016 | 120
HMRC: We've got £1.3bn for digital tax schemes. Tell us how to spend it Um, would some kind of app be useful here? Legal15 Aug 2016 | 36
HMRC's IR35 tweaks have 90% of UK's IT contractors up in arms Workers' plan is to hike fees or turn back on public sector Channel03 Aug 2016 | 106
UK tax collectors' IT boss Mark Dearnley steps down Kisses £185k salary goodbye Channel01 Aug 2016 | 13
MPs reiterate risks of mega £10bn Aspire contract overhaul Sure you want to rely on 'digital' to plug slashed jobs? Channel27 Jul 2016 | 13
Guess who gets hit hard by IR35 tax clampdown? Yep, IT contractors More tax, no extra benefits. Ta, HMRC Channel22 Jul 2016 | 61
Replacement IT at 'high risk'. Squeaky bum time for UK tax folk Tech responsible for £500bn in gov revenues. Think about that Channel07 Jul 2016 | 25
IT consultant gets 4 years' porridge for tax fraud Skipped £170k in payments to Her Maj Legal27 Jun 2016 | 31
Geniuses at HMRC sack too many staff! Nope, can't do it online. FAIL Audit watchdog snarls at taxman for hasty cost-cutting On-Prem25 May 2016 | 24
Don't tell the Cabinet Office: HMRC is building its own online ID system Just as GDS's Verify goes live Channel24 May 2016 | 26
Fancy £200m? Tell HMRC you'll help them sort their IT out Taxman offers not-quite-so-mega contract for various outsourced services Channel26 Apr 2016 | 11
Carving up the IT contract behind £500bn of annual tax collection is a very risky move Analysis Why is HMRC breaking up Aspire Channel04 Apr 2016 | 34
HMRC dangles £10bn in outsourcing meat before hungry SME hounds Take your pound of flesh, help the taxman slurp his £500bn milkshake Channel30 Mar 2016 | 7
Facebook paid £4k in tax. HMRC then paid Facebook £27k – for ads Free content ad network says it'll pay much more tax in future, though. So that's OK Legal04 Mar 2016 | 48
UK.gov could reopen Google's £130m HMRC tax deal, says Parliament Everyone else seems 'more challenging in assessing Google’s tax position' Legal24 Feb 2016 | 29
HMRC clamps down on gov bodies wanting to reclaim VAT on IT kit More admin for public sector beancounters. Guess who'll be paying for that in the long run? Channel24 Feb 2016 | 12
Google after six-year tax foot-drag: No they're fine about the fine. We're fine. No fine £130m tax bill over 10 years biggest settlement outside US Channel11 Feb 2016 | 17
'International tax' needs reform. Google's chicken bill makes me chuckle – comms guy 'We would like to be seen to be paying the right amount' Legal01 Feb 2016 | 55
Europe: Go on. Ask us to probe the £130m 'sweetheart' deal HMRC made with Google Eh, UK tax officials? Anything to be 'concerned about'... Channel28 Jan 2016 | 42
Five reasons why the Google tax deal is imploding Listicle When Cameron promised 'Google Government', is this what he meant? Legal26 Jan 2016 | 81
Google UK coughs up £130m back taxes. Is it enough? That works out at £13m a year Channel23 Jan 2016 | 130
HMRC bets the farm on digital. What could possibly go wrong? Comment Big questions over what that £1.3bn is for, and what it will achieve Legal15 Dec 2015 | 25
HMRC aims for fully digital tax system by 2020. Yeah, whatever Could we finally see the end of tax returns? Channel14 Dec 2015 | 26
IT contractors raise alarm over HMRC mulling 'one-month' nudge onto payrolls 'Unhelpful to be sprung on us like this', says freelancer group Channel12 Nov 2015 | 114
HMRC signs up Bain for £10.7bn Aspire migration Other suppliers have dodged a bullet there, says analyst Channel23 Oct 2015 | 4
Just WHO is hiring a 'Cloud Transformation Director' for £162,000? Actually YOU are Hey taxpayers - you want a transformed cloud, right? Channel08 Sep 2015 | 17
HMRC breaches job applicants' privacy in mass email spaff Update Want to know if your nemesis is applying for the same job? You're in luck Security03 Sep 2015 | 26
And so it begins... Cleaning up HMRC's £10.7bn Aspire mess Capgemini to TUPE staff to tax collector as HMRC sets up new company to run IT Channel05 Aug 2015 | 22
Contractors who used Employee Beneficiary Trusts are in HMRC's sights Think you're alright because it was all over years ago? Nope On-Prem30 Jul 2015 | 125
HMRC WLTM partner, GSOH, to help it escape the Aspire black hole Guys, we're really gonna need some strategy now. And a bigger boat Channel05 Jun 2015 | 6
HMRC ditches Microsoft for Google, sends data offshore Tax doesn't have to be taxing for US firm with inside track Channel05 Jun 2015 | 55
Security vendor's blog post pinched to make HMRC phish look legit TrustWave fights off attack of the poison .PNG from the past Security13 Mar 2015 | 4
The voters hate Google. Heeeeyyyy... how about a 'Google Tax'? Worstall on Wednesday You may have noted there's an election in the offing SaaS11 Mar 2015 | 113
UK.gov in pre-election 'Google tax' blitz against internet firms A crowd-pleaser from Osbo? Shurely shome mishtake? Legal08 Mar 2015 | 36
Ukraine suddenly 40% more interested in UK tax info – HMRC Growing trend of chasing 'high net worth foreign nationals'? Legal19 Feb 2015 | 14
Vodafone didn't have a £6bn tax bill. Sort yourselves out, Lefties Worstall on Wednesday Quit whinging. Change the system if you care that much On-Prem18 Feb 2015 | 170
Crackdown on eBay sellers 'failing to display' VAT numbers Bigger questions remain as to how many are even declaring On-Prem02 Feb 2015 | 34
HMRC fails to plan for £10.4bn contract exit... because it's 'too risky' Small matter of £500bn down the drain if it goes titsup – MPs Channel27 Jan 2015 | 57
Firms will have to report OWN diverted profits under 'Google Tax' law It's reporting yourself to cops, then having to defend yourself, quips beancounter Channel10 Dec 2014 | 65
UK digi exclusion: Poor families without internet access could 'miss out' on child tax credit Government to force eligible Brits to sign up online Legal16 Nov 2014 | 30
Top money men face up to 2 YEARS in slammer for neglecting to spot crim-cash activity HMRC warns fines could also be imposed Legal18 Aug 2014 | 29
Fujitsu and Capgemini's giga-quid HMRC lashup given drubbing by govt auditors Fatcats slapped for 'depressing' outsource bill Channel22 Jul 2014 | 10
UK.gov data sell-off row: HMRC denies claims it'll flog YOUR private info Comment Says there are 'clear public benefits' with such a plan, though Legal30 Apr 2014 | 85
KPMG: UK tech supplier takes on 'majority' of customers from titsup Glasshouse 49 out of 118 heads transfer to Bell Microsystems Channel23 Apr 2014 |
UK storage integrator Glasshouse Tech goes titsup Calls in KPMG Restructuring to keep lights on Channel02 Apr 2014 | 2