2021 Report details for project: Making Tax Digital
Project name | Making Tax Digital - there are 3 reports for this project: 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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Organisation | HMRC (D25) - see all reports for this organisation |
Report year | 2021 (data is from March 2021) |
Category | ICT - see all reports for this category |
Description: | Delivering modernised IT to digitise tax reporting and improve the customer experience for businesses, agents and individuals |
DCA (RAG) | Amber |
DCA text: | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating increased from Amber/Green to Amber. This is primarily due to the following factors: The Delivery Confidence Assessment is Amber as the scale of Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) deliveries increased, delivery to a challenging plan for VAT was maintained and work was completed to legislate for Penalty Reform to harmonise penalties across tax regimes - against a back drop of churn within the programme which required recruitment exercises and subsequently the onboarding and training of new team members. Nevertheless, the MTD schedule remained on track with the ITSA pilot to be delivered on schedule, the Finance Bill (March 2021) including primary legislation for the mandation of MTD for smaller VAT businesses and the government announcing its intention to legislate for Penalty Reform in Spring Budget 2021. |
Start date | 2016-04-01 |
End date | 2025-03-31 |
Schedule text | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the project's end-date increased from 31 March 2024 to 31 March 2025 This is primarily due to the following factors: The Programme Business Case approved by HM Treasury in September 2020 extended the lifecycle of the programme to March 2025, to include scope for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) mandation VAT enhancements & Penalty Reform to harmonise penalties across tax regimes |
Baseline | £121.43m |
Forecast | £113.50m |
Variance | -7.00% |
Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. There was an underspend in the cost requirements for Business Groups to support MTD related solution design, delivery and implementation. The assurance and forecasting processes have been improved throughout the year, improving the confidence in future Business Group requirements. |
Whole Life Cost | £775.73m |
WLCost text: | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the projects Baseline Whole Life Cost increased from £402.07m to £775.73m. This is primarily due to the following factors: The Programme's baseline whole-life cost increased from Quarter 2 of 2019-20 to reflect, the additional complexity to deliver ITSA, the identification of support line costs for VAT and the extension of the programme by an extra year. A new iteration of the Programme Business Case is in development. Once the new version of the Business Case receives HM Treasury approval, the baseline position will once again be revised to align. The project level business cases are also under construction. |
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Sourcefile | IPA_2021.csv |
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