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e-Services Programme. XML & Inland Revenue 22nd May 2003. Andy Greener Inland Revenue (UK) e-Services Programme. IR at a Glance (1). Business Administer & collect all direct taxes in the UK: - Personal/Sole Trader/Trusts/Partnerships ( SA ) - Corporate ( CT )
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e-Services Programme XML & Inland Revenue 22nd May 2003 • Andy Greener • Inland Revenue (UK) • e-Services Programme
IR at a Glance (1) Business Administer & collect all direct taxes in the UK: - Personal/Sole Trader/Trusts/Partnerships (SA) - Corporate (CT) - National Insurance Contributions (NICs) - Payroll Deduction of tax & NICs (PAYE) - Tax Credits (NTC) - Stamp Duties - Student Loans, CGT, Inheritance Tax, PRT Not: - Excise & Customs Duties - VAT, IPT, APD, Landfill Tax, etc £150bn £108bn
IR at a Glance (2) • SA • 30 million taxpayers • 9 million SA forms issued annually • CT • 1.5 million corporate entities • 520,000 liable for Corporation Tax • PAYE • 43 million NI accounts • 53 million EoY Returns • NTC - 3 million applications 71,000 staff 600+ Offices
Drivers to Adopt XML • Political • All Government services available on-line by 2005 - Self-imposed take-up targets • Internet focused >>> Internet standards - electronic Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) - migration of legacy electronic formats (EDI, Magnetic media) • Cost-saving/revenue enhancing • Reduction in collection costs • Improvements in efficiency • Easier/better identification of risk • Higher compliance
Enterprise Approach • e-Services Programme co-ordinating with Heads of Duty (HoDs) • Hand-off generic services to Govt Gateway • Registration & Enrolment • Authentication & Authorisation • Agent management • Payment • Common infrastructure (behind Govt Gateway) • Provide basic browser access for all services (e-GIF requirement) • Provide interfaces & support for third-party products • Complete technical information packs • Developer test service, “live” test service • Portalisation
Challenges - internal • Configuration management of Schemas & Rules • lack of repository-based products and tools • Representation/support of rules (co-constraints) • Moving away from the paper form mind-set - Re-designing systems/interactions with taxpayers • Planning for volume - Re-architecting or scaling-up existing infrastructure • e-Channel co-existence • Internet, EDI, mag media • XML penetration into back-end systems
Challenges - external • Encouraging take-up • Educating users (marketing) • Encouraging third party software developers • Mandatory e-filing • PAYE EOY for medium/large co’s by April 2006 • All co’s by 2010, with incentive payments for smallest • Working within the Govt Gateway framework • Service availability • Unsympathetic update cycles • Volume issues
Where are we using XML? • Everywhere! - SA 4th year (EDI service turned off in next 2-3 years) - XML, XML Schema, 10 - 15 Schema files - PAYE 3rd year (EDI service remains for now) - XML, XML Schema, 8 - 10 Schema files - CT Phase A 1st year (No EDI legacy, still piloting) - XML, XML Schema, 9 Schema files - Phase B introduces XBRL embedded in XML - NTC 1st year (No legacy) - XML, XML Schema, 4-5 Schema files - Common Core Schema for IR-wide data-types
What do we want from Tax XML? • Common framework for tax transactions • Reduce infrastructure costs • Reduce Schema management/development costs • Broaden range of services available • Easier data interchange with other jurisdictions • Ease of development for third parties - Broaden applicability across jurisdictions • Re-use of components