Technology

Tax | HMRC to use Peppol system for mandatory e-invoicing

Confirmation from HMRC it will use Peppol electronic procurement infrastructure for e-invoicing system due to become mandatory for all UK businesses in 2029

24 Jun 2026

Tax | HMRC rolls out MFA multi-factor authentication for tax advisers

HMRC warning on first sign-up deadline for accountants to move to mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) to improve security on agent services accounts

23 Jun 2026

Tax | HMRC finalises £500m contract for phone and contact centre system

Major overhaul of outdated, legacy telephone and customer service centre at HMRC goes ahead as contract with Capgemini finalised for multimillion pound technology stack

4 Jun 2026

Tax | Amazon pays £1.3bn in UK business tax

Corporation tax, employer national insurance and business rates paid by tech giant Amazon jumps 30% in a year

28 May 2026

Tax | HMRC spends £1.05bn in major IT overhaul this year

Latest tech deal sees HMRC sign £175m AI agreement with Quantexa to modernise data mountain and identify tax fraud using decision intelligence platform

18 May 2026

Tax | 47% support AI tax as ‘minimum wage for robots’

As government faces calls for ‘minimum wage for robots’, poll finds nearly half want tax on AI work with growing apathy for automation discourse

8 May 2026

Tax | CapGemini wins £500m contract for HMRC phone system overhaul

HMRC awards multimillion pound contract to CapGemini to manage rollout of a brand new telephony and contact management system

30 Apr 2026

Tax | 28k staff given Copilot in major AI rollout at HMRC

Following a four-month trial, HMRC rolls out Microsoft Copilot AI tool to 28,000 staff with clearance to use even on ‘Official‑Sensitive’ information

30 Apr 2026

Tax | HMRC eyes up single XBRL format for company tax returns

Modernisation of corporate tax filing will see move to prescribed XBRL tagging framework from autumn 2027 to improve corporation tax computations, HMRC confirms

16 Mar 2026

Tax | Treasury to axe 200 jobs to pre-pandemic level

MPs told ‘a slightly smaller Treasury can be a better Treasury’ as senior civil servant signals job cuts and more use of AI

12 Feb 2026

Politics

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Tax | Government Gateway replaced by Gov.UK One Login

All new users to HMRC online services will have to create Gov.UK One Login from now onwards as they will not be able to create a Government Gateway account but service remains for existing users

10 Feb 2026

Tax | SAP wins £275m contract to overhaul HMRC IT systems

HMRC awards multimillion pound IT contract to SAP to transform critical tax and revenue systems and replace legacy infrastructure not supported after 2027

5 Feb 2026