What are the best ways to design systems and policy to minimise fraud and error in Scotland, while maintaining excellent and accessible services?
Background
Our aim is to assess how Scottish taxpayers respond to tax policy changes in order to improve compliance, minimise fraud and improve the overall impact of tax changes.
Next steps
Get in touch with taxdivisionengagement@gov.scot
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Tax Administration Research Centre
How governments administer the tax system is an issue that affects the whole of society. The body charged with this work has responsibility for collecting taxes from citizens in such a way that voluntary compliance with ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
Addresses tax administration, compliance, and policy design in Scotland.
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Joint Exeter-IFS Tax Adminstration Research Centre
Good tax design and administration are central to the functioning of the economy. Taxes are important determinants of economic behaviour, and good implementation can significantly increase economic and social welfare. Th...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
Focuses on tax administration research and policy enhancement.
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Tax on Demand - Empowering Accountants to Better Advise SMEs Using Machine Learning and Intelligent Automation.
Approximately 99% of the private sector businesses in the UK are SMEs, who rely on professional service firms for finance, insurance and legal services - specialisms usually outside their normal areas of expertise - to s...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on using AI technology to automate the client review process for tax advice, which directly addresses the question of minimizing fraud and error in tax policy.