HMRC brings in £27m through ‘digital nudges’ to address expense errors

HMRC brings in £27m through ‘digital nudges’ to address expense errors

The government department has, in tax return forms and software, included messages reminding users of the need to correctly and accurately apportion expenses that have mixed business and personal use HM Revenue and Customs claims that a trial of “digital nudges” reminding taxpayers of how to correctly classify their business expenses has generated an additional £27m of income. The department has published the minutes of the most recent meeting o…