Dear Sean Direct effects of illustrative tax changes bulletin – compliance review We have completed our compliance review of HMRC’s Direct effects of illustrative tax changes bulletin. While the bulletin is clear and well signposted, it is based on economic modelling rather than observed data, raising questions about its classification as official statistics. To strengthen […]
Mark Pont writes to Sean Whellams following a compliance check of HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Benefits in Kind statistics.
Ed Humpherson writes to Sean Whellams to confirm a request for alternative release times of a selection of HMRC statistics.
Dear Sean HMRC Betting and Gaming Statistics I am writing to you following our recent review of HMRC’s Betting and Gaming statistics. We carried out this compliance check as part of our follow-up monitoring of HMRC’s progress against the recommendations set out in the quality review of HMRC’s official statistics that we completed in spring 2020. I […]
Dear Sean HMRC Inheritance Tax Statistics Thank you for your team’s cooperation in our recent review of HMRC’s Inheritance Tax (IHT) Statistics and its commitment to developing the trustworthiness, quality and value of these statistics. We carried out this compliance check as part of our follow-up monitoring of HMRC’s progress against the recommendations set out in the quality […]
Dear Anthony STATISTICS ON MEASURING TAX GAPS Thanks for your letter of 30 October setting out the progress you have made in enhancing the trustworthiness, quality and value of HMRC’s Measuring Tax Gaps statistics since the publication of our compliance check on 16 May 2019. We welcome the work that has been accomplished and the […]
Letter from Anthony Burke, HMRC, to Mark Pont updating on progress made since publication of the OSR compliance check of HMRC Measuring Tax Gaps statistics. 30 October 2019 Related Links: Letter – Mark Pont to Anthony Burke (November 2019) Compliance Check – Measuring Tax Gaps statistics (May 2019)
Ed Humpherson writes to Sean Whellams, HMRC, on the review of HMRC’s statistical quality management, 5 November 2019.
Dear Sean COMPLIANCE CHECK ON HMRC MEASURING TAX GAPS STATISTICS We recently completed our check of the compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics of HMRC’s Measuring Tax Gaps (MTG) statistics. While these statistics are not National Statistics because some of the components are not sufficiently robust for National Statistics publication, they are important […]