What are the best ways to design systems and policy to minimise fraud and error in Scotland, while maintaining excellent and accessible services?

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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.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Scotlands tax strategy building tax principles

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  • Tax Administration Research Centre

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

    Why might this be relevant?

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on improving research through HMRC's administrative data to address areas of interest related to tax policy changes and compliance.

  • Tax on Demand - Empowering Accountants to Better Advise SMEs Using Machine Learning and Intelligent Automation.

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ON DEMAND TECHNOLOGY LTD

    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.

  • Ditto Tax: AI-driven automated tax advice using enabling knowledge acquisition methodology

    "As the world moves towards automation, a growing market across multiple sectors is 'automated advice', a key demand for which, as highlighted by HM Treasury and the FCA, is in the financial advice sector resulting ...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: DITTO AI LIMITED

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