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Mince

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https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldeconaf/137...

Jeez - these Lords don't mince their words, do they ?

But will HMRC listen ?

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By ireallyshouldknowthisbut
24th Mar 2017 17:48

I thought it was quite restrained but bang on the money,
Ie:
>You have no evidence for the benefits
>Anecdotally, the benefits dont exist, which is probably why you have no evidence for them
>There are large downsides you have not costed
>As the upsides dont exist, and the downsides exceed even your upsides, there seems no point at all to this.
>Your timetable is hopelessly optimistic

In a private business, you would just cancel the project, but in government, you just dismiss it and carry on regardless.

Eyes on that prize - Gauke and his team must be betting on a huge private sector pay off here. I mean consultancy role the nano-second they leave government. Or maybe he will adopt the Gideon model, and just take the cash whilst still being in government.

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By Accountant A
24th Mar 2017 18:46

Not sure they listened properly to anything that the Treasury Select Committee said in January.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-sele...

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By lionofludesch
25th Mar 2017 09:24

If the benefits existed, more people would be using software without being bullied into it.

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By SpreadsheetUser
25th Mar 2017 11:27

Precisely, I still can't work out what the agenda is. If we have to report quarterly then fine but carry on with how we submit information now - our choice of how we record transactions

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