Progress with making tax digital

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 16 May 2023 Closed: 8 Mar 2024 Parliament page
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is HMRC’s flagship transformation programme. It aims to help businesses reduce errors in their tax records, through the use of digital record-keeping and by requiring them to submit quarterly updates using MTD compatible software. HMRC also intends to move processes and tax records onto a modern … Read more
33 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
8 Mar
2024
Report published
24 Nov
2023
Report published
3 Jul
2023
Correspondence
19 Jun
2023
Oral evidence
19 Jun
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
19 Jun 2023
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Progress with making tax digital
Jim Harra CB · HM Revenue and Customs Jonathan Athow · HMRC Jo Rowland · HM Revenue and Customs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eightieth Report - Progress with Making Tax Digital HC 1333 24 Nov 2023 33 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
24 Conclusion Not Addressed
Eightieth Report - Progress with M…
HMRC delayed and rephased Making Tax Digital due to past delivery challenges and unforeseen risks.
HMRC received approval from government in December 2022 to delay and rephase the Making Tax Digital programme for its Income Tax Self Assessment (Self Assessment) customers.55 This gave HMRC a further two years to finalise the programme before introducing it … Read more
Government Response
The government response reiterates the previously announced delays and revised phased rollout for Making Tax Digital, but does not address the committee's observations about lessons learned, contingency planning, or confidence in preventing further delays.
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Government Response AI assessment · 33 of 0 classified
Accepted 16
Acknowledged 3
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 13
Total 0 recs + 33 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
3 Jul 2023 Correspondence from Jim Harra, Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive, HM Revenue and Customs to PAC Chair Dame Meg Hillier – re Tax-deductibility of business costs incurred in Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment, dated 29 June 2023
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