In 2016, HMRC will continue with its plans to become a smaller, but more highly skilled department, based in 13 regional centres, in order to give customers the modern services they expect, at a lower cost to the taxpayer. Making tax digital is central to HMRC’s long-term strategy, and the digital transformation will be at the heart of the department’s activity this year; for example, by April 2016 every individual and small business will have their own online tax account. HMRC will continue to clamp down on avoidance and evasion in 2016. The department received a good settlement in the recent Spending Review. In return, HMRC has committed to secure an additional £1bn of tax revenues from its transformation work and a total of £7.2bn in cumulative additional revenues from evasion and compliance by 2020/21.
In 2016, HMRC will continue with its plans to become a smaller, but more highly skilled department, based in 13 regional centres, in order to give customers the modern services they expect, at a lower cost to the taxpayer. Making tax digital is central to HMRC’s long-term strategy, and the digital transformation will be at the heart of the department’s activity this year; for example, by April 2016 every individual and small business will have their own online tax account. HMRC will continue to clamp down on avoidance and evasion in 2016. The department received a good settlement in the recent Spending Review. In return, HMRC has committed to secure an additional £1bn of tax revenues from its transformation work and a total of £7.2bn in cumulative additional revenues from evasion and compliance by 2020/21.