HM Revenue and Customs seen from Parliament Square (Whitehall, London, England). Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2005 and placed in the public domain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Public Accounts Committee has published a report on how effectively HMRC tackles tax fraud. Perhaps not surprisingly the PAC concludes that HMRC must try harder.

Source: New measures and greater clarity needed to fight tax fraud – News from Parliament – UK Parliament

The PAC found that HMRC has not set out a clear strategy for dealing with tax fraud and concludes it does not know what meeting its target of 1,000 additional prosecutions has achieved.

As a professional who has specialized in delivering strategy, I identify with the PAC findings. An effective strategy is mandatory for a government department to provide cost efficient top quality service. Without an effective strategy professionally delivered there is just enormous waste.

Thoughts?