Computer error destroyed 1m UK tax records

[Egaladeist]

Now...this could be great news or very bad news depending on what side of the fence you're on...whether you owe or are owed...

Almost a million taxpayer records were accidently deleted from Inland Revenue computer systems between 1997 and 2000 due to a software problem which went unnoticed for several years.

The Department took three years to discover that software used to cleanse its database of old cases was also wiping live ones from its system.

This resulted in some 364,000 people who cannot be identified being owed £82m, while another 22,000 did not pay tax due of around £6m.

The Revenue admitted the problem last year but the full scale of the error has now only just emerged, following a report from the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee on 8 September.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09...m_tax_records/
Computer error destroyed 1m UK tax records | The Register

[foxyloxley]

This resulted in some 364,000 people who cannot be identified being owed £82m

I'm RICH :lets PARRRRRTY:...................... possibly

[Egaladeist]

Hi foxyloxley,

I think faulty software should be a requirement of the government tax offices

Eg

[foxyloxley]

I think faulty software should be a requirement of the government tax offices

I thought it WAS

keeps ME employed anyway

[nihil]

"ERROR"

Hot damn, that was one of my better efforts?