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Interview with HMRC on digital strategy

13 May 2019 / Andrew Hubbard
Issue: 4695 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
Digital direction

Key points

  • Purpose of transformation portfolio management.
  • The EU exit is a priority for HMRC with some projects having to be put on hold or slowed down to accommodate it.
  • HMRC is pleased with how MTD is progressing.
  • Digitalisation will deliver clear benefits for businesses according to the Revenue.
  • HMRC believes MTD will reduce opportunities for various errors that contribute to the tax gap.

At a recent Chartered Institute of Taxation event I was pleased to meet Joanna Rowland director of transformation portfolio management at HMRC. We had a wide-ranging discussion about some of the department’s current projects in particular its digital strategy. I thought Taxation readers would be interested in what we spoke about so we agreed to have a further conversation.

Hubbard: Thank you for talking to Taxation. It would be useful if you could start by telling us about your role. Director of transformation portfolio management is one of those titles which doesn’t...

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