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National Audit Office

Compliance reforms help taxman boost tax yields by £4.3bn

NAO report finds changes to how HMRC tackles tax evasion increased tax yields by £4.3bn between 2006 and 2011, although there is still room for improvement

01 Mar 2012

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No audit opinion for missing court accounts

Missing information means auditors refused to sign off HM Courts Service accounts

16 Dec 2011

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Judge lined up to investigate HMRC settlements

NAO to ask judge to review ten delas between HMRC and big companies

15 Dec 2011

HMRC training strategy is undeveloped, says NAO

Auditors find HMRC is unaware of how much money it is spending on skills or where it is being spent

02 Dec 2011

NAO: Government accounts need improvement

Comptroller and auditor general qualifies first 'whole of government' accounts for its exclusion of controlled bodies such as nationalised banks

29 Nov 2011

Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opinion

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been given its first ever unqualified audit opinion

24 Nov 2011

Judge could lead NAO's tax inquiry

NAO explores possibilities for investigating HMRC's big business tax deals

22 Nov 2011

NAO: HMRC can’t illustrate benefits of online filing

HMRC is failing to understand the cost benefits of internet filing compared to paper

11 Nov 2011

Local public audit's silent custodian

The National Audit Office is central in the future of local public audit, but its role is hard to grasp

21 Sep 2011

McMullan swells National Audit Office

The National Audit Office has recruited former Kent Council director of finance Lynda McMullan as assistant auditor general

07 Sep 2011

HMRC cost-cutting and service improvement a "huge challenge"

NAO warns that cost-reduction plans and service improvement will prove difficult in tandem for the Taxman

20 Jul 2011

Taxman plans £235m cuts to IT

HMRC aims to reduce IT costs by £235m, a NAO report reveals

20 Jul 2011

Jobcentre accounts qualified by NAO

Paperwork problems lead to JobCentre Plus errors

12 Jul 2011

NAO: Taxman in control of large business disputes

HMRC has good governance in place to manage large biz-tax disputes, says NAO

08 Jul 2011

NAO slammed for failing to check report with MOD

MOD accounting officer unimpressed at NAO for lack of agreement over new report

07 Jul 2011

Government reneges on NAO-BBC pledge

Ministers' reverse on commitment to give NAO free access to the BBC accounts

20 May 2011

Accounting makes PFI value for money difficult to gauge

Off balance sheet reporting could prove an incentive to using PFI

28 Apr 2011

HM Treasury names head of government finance profession

Richard Douglas takes the head of government finance profession role at HM Treasury

14 Apr 2011

Red tape burden causing businesses to breach regulations

Sheer scale of regulations faced by businesses mean they often are unsure which rules apply to them, says NAO

17 Feb 2011

Welsh watchdog auditors resign

External auditors for Welsh Audit Office step down following discovery of errors in accounts

09 Feb 2011

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

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Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

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Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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