Budget (9): Inland Revenue New Compliance Package

A package of measures to improve compliance in direct taxes was announced in the Budget. The package provides additional resources for the Inland Revenue to improve how it manages compliance and enforcement in key high-risk areas.

It says that the package specifically focuses on improving compliance through:

• improving information management to better target and improve the effectiveness of compliance activity within the department;
  
• a set of enabling measures to raise awareness of tax obligations,
  including a publicity campaign and direct contact;
  
• measures to identify non-compliant ghosts and moonlighters, and
  then working with these people to keep them compliant; and
  
• expanding specialist teams in specific areas.