UK Gov't Computer System Charges Wrong Income Tax
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Up to five million people in the UK may be paying the wrong income tax, the U.K. National Audit Office has warned.
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About one million taxpayers paid the wrong amount of income tax last year because of official mistakes, says a report.
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says users of its online service are still experiencing delays filing their tax self-assessment.
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You're not Entitledto free service... A software firm has unsuccessfully billed a local authority Â£10,000 after its website received lots of traffic from the council. The bill was based on a claim that Derby Council staff were using a free web tool for work purposes.â¦
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Details on 11 million customers went awol The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined The Nationwide Building Society Â£980,000 for the loss of a laptop which contained "confidential customer data" on 11 million customers.â¦
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And MPs sceptical about rescue body The Child Support Agency computer system has cost millions and created chaos, but MPs remain sceptical about its replacement.â¦
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Linux 10 times more expensive? U.K. standards body says company's "Get the Facts" ad campaign may be misleading.
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HMRC agrees to more talks A civil service strike which would have thrown the UK's tax service into chaos has been put on ice.â¦
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Britain's financial watchdog has fined Nationwide bank 980,000 pounds for failings in its data protection system, revealed by the theft of a laptop.
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Â£250m scam Following raids and ten arrests yesterday, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is charging nine people with cheating the public revenue.â¦
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And then there were two The UK government is spending Â£208m per year on running websites but many of them are text heavy and crammed with policy information that citizens couldnât give a monkeyâs about.â¦
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D'oh The government failed to account for the costs of IT when putting together its budget for the 2012 Olympic Games, according to the bean counter watchdogs of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).â¦
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InfoWorld - The U.K.&#39;s financial services regulator has levied a heavy fine against the nation&#39;s largest building society over a stolen laptop containing confidential customer information.
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A recent financial filing from Sandisk in Ireland illustrates the sometimes controversial nature of the corporate tax regime in the country.
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Boo, hiss etc Councillors in Swansea are reportedly ruing the day their cabinet voted to outsource their IT supply and support. Local paper The Evening Post reports that councillors are now complaining that the system costs more and does less since being outsourced to Capgemini.â¦
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The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. There should be an MS tax, no there shouldn&#39;t... (Score:2, Insightful). OK, colour me not
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HM Revenue and Customs is failing to repair the tax credits system introduced by Gordon Brown, with fraud and error continuing to lose the taxpayer Â£1bn a year, MPs say today.