Despite the "optimism" expressed by those who worship at the altar of RTI, not all are that convinced about RTI's powers to rid the tax system of many of its problems.
Margaret Hodge, chair of PAC, in fact recently warned HMRC not to rely on Real Time Information (RTI) data to reduce errors.
When being questioned by PAC, Lin Homer said that she expected RTI to help reduce errors. She is quoted by Payroll World:
“We think RTI will help us with working hours in 2014.”Hodge was somewhat sceptical:
“RTI is down the road Lin, this is [a question of] what you are going to do between now and 2018/19.
According to a Parliamentary question, in a quarter of the cases that were handled in the pilot there was an error – so don’t depend on RTI, you’re miles from there.”
Amongst the red flags warning of impending doom are the fact that there are concerns that HMRC’s systems will not cope with the volume of RTI data submitted, and that the link between HMRC and The Department for Work and Pensions is untested.
To add to worries about RTI, Stephen Timms MP recently claimed that IT contractors have been told to stop working on parts of the Universal Credit welfare reform system, thus potentially delaying its implementation.
Tax does have to be taxing.
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"and that the link between HMRC and The Department for Work and Pensions is untested."
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, who the feck is managing this project
the late Michael Winner by the sound of things!
What did these lunatics do to model the RTI system on, write to Santa Claus?!
Well done Pacesetter and The Emperors New Clothes nayayers get the shills to talk this one up when it happens.
Where next for Homer, the revolving door beckons!!!