The UK tax agency has issued an early commercial notice outlining its intent to award a major cloud provider a contract lasting until 2036 and covering migration from existing platforms HM Revenue and Customs has announced plans to appoint one of the cloud market’s biggest firms to a decade-l| PublicTechnology
Department appoints AWS specialist to help prepare for upcoming migration to a new provider, but stresses engagement is not focused on a particular vendor and does not portend any preference HM Revenue and Customs has signed a multimillion-pound deal with a cloud consultancy to help shape a £| PublicTechnology
Department signs 10-month deal with incumbent supplier for the ongoing provision of 'continuous integration and continuous delivery' services to support tech system that enables digital administration of national tax system HM Revenue and Customs has signed a multimillion-pound deal for the provi| PublicTechnology
The Critical Platform Transformation project and Enterprise Security Programme, which aim to tackle technical debt and improve cyber posture, have now formally been combined to become the Technical Health Programme HM Revenue and Customs has formally merged two technology programmes in its ma| PublicTechnology
Department reveals details of proof of concept exercise through which it will investigate viability of introducing automated payment of goods tax, and how this could impact the future tax system HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking a £1-m plus 18-month project aimed at better understanding wheth| PublicTechnology
The tax agency posted marked growth in the use of online and app services during FY24, but the handling of written correspondence and telephony continued to fall well below targets While it continues efforts to drive more and more users to interact using digital channels, HM Revenue and Custo| PublicTechnology
Three professional bodies for tax and finance professionals have made submissions to parliament, warning that HMRC needs to improve customer service and take a more cautious approach to digital transformation Three professional bodies representing tax, accounting and finance professionals hav| PublicTechnology
Consultancy asked to develop proposals to encourage use of digital tools, but department pledges that ‘we will always be there to answer the phone for those who need extra help’ HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking a £250,000 short-term project to generate innovative ideas for “reducing avoi| PublicTechnology
Connect has been in operation for 15 years and matches data from over 130 sources to help detect tax avoiders – although ‘human insight always makes the final judgement’, department claims HM Revenue and Customs is to spend up to £3m conducting a “tuning” exercise to help address issues of “o| PublicTechnology
Three final lots of DALAS agreement – with a forecast worth in excess of £1bn – have been awarded to 14 providers, who will deliver a ‘large proportion’ of department’s software needs HM Revenue and Customs has finalised a line-up of 28 suppliers on a multibillion-pound framework intended to| PublicTechnology