Question over transparency of HMRC’s RTI user group
The minutes from the Real Time Information (RTI) user group, whose meetings shape government policy on PAYE reform, will not be publicly available, say HMRC.
The Customer User Group (CUG) includes representatives of a number of different stakeholder groups including the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP), employers, agents, software providers and the banking industry.
An HMRC spokesman said: “The purpose of the group is to work together to resolve concerns and to test out some of HMRC’s proposals. As such it is not appropriate to publish the minutes of the meetings.
“We do provide slides outlining the key topics discussed, which CUG members can share with their own representative groups.
“We will, however, consider formal publication of minutes for the future.”
Matt Boyle, research assistant at PAYE lobby group, research4paye, raised concerns over the minutes being restricted to a small number of stakeholders.
He said: “I still don’t understand why the minutes of the RTI CUG meetings are not publicly available. This would allow non-members to chart the opposition to the removal of the form P45, which has been lauded by HMRC as a big benefit of the RTI process.”
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