the first write API that allows a government organisation to publish directly to GOV.UK, something GDS will be building on over the coming months.
VAT Government and Public Bodies is the first HMRC manual that is pushed from HMRC’s publishing system through the GDS API and then published on GOV.UK.
Please provide feedback The new version on GOV.UK and the old version on HMRC are currently running in parallel. They will both be kept live for a couple of weeks to give you enough time to review and provide feedback. The best way to provide feedback is through the “Give feedback about this page” link at the top of each page or through our feedback form .
CIPP comment
Although this manual is VAT and not PAYE related it is the first of many and it is critical to the long term success of GOV.UK that feedback is given. It is particularly important at this stage to provide detailed comments about the manuals as the information you provide will be reviewed carefully and used to ensure the manuals are meeting the needs of users.
Please do pass this message on to any of your colleagues that deal with VAT.
In the coming weeks and months HMRC will import the remaining 200+ manuals into their new publishing system. After these imports have been carefully reviewed by HMRC’s tax experts the manuals will gradually be published and the old HMRC version redirected to GOV.UK. Future development and improvements GDS has previously blogged about the manuals format that they are developing for all government departments. The GOV.UK product team is starting with a new round of iterations on this format and will look at things such as: search within a manual printing and downloading manuals. These improvements will also be applied to the HMRC manuals so that this format benefits from the work GDS are doing for all government organisations.
Employment and Payroll Group
27 March 2015
GOV.UK has published the new website page for the Employment and Payroll Group which replaced the Employment Consultation Forum in December 2014.
The Employment and Payroll Group (EPG) is HMRC’s principal forum for HMRC, and other government departments, to engage with the employment and payroll community. It focuses on high-level operational policy and process issues. It provides a forum through which members can raise and discuss issues or problems in administering payroll obligations or in relation to employment tax issues more generally.
The new website page includes the Terms of Reference for the EPG and Minutes of previous meetings.
CIPP comment The CIPP’s Karen Thomson co-chairs this forum with HMRC so remember if you have any agenda items, or any issues you would like raised please email policy with the details
CIPP Policy News Journal
08/04/2015, Page 212 of 521
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