These are my links for July 28th:
- News – Computerworlduk - The latest, breaking IT news, reviews and analysis on Google, Yahoo, Facebook, AOL, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe Reader, IBM, Open Source - Yes it's an HMRC cock up, but let's be clear, the system was written by the private sector. Most people who comment will ignore that.
- FT.com / Home UK / UK - MPs seek windfall tax on energy profits - There is indeed a compelling rationale for this
- Tax inspectors' team expands tenfold to target offshore avoiders - Accountancy Age - Good. About time.
- Experts pan Cameron’s company rescue plan - Accountancy Age - If the insolvency profession does not like this plan it's probably got something going for it - if ever there was a part of the profession in need of reform the insolvency practitioners really need it.
- Temps 'make £300m of false tax claims' - Accountancy Age - I think this a significant understatement
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[…] I’m alerted to this lovely piece of logic from Richard Murphy. […]
have you ever heard the phrase, garbage in garbage out?
from your link.
” An anonymous former tax official was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that tax credit files were input incorrectly into systems, and were unable to be changed later. Staff then added new versions of the files with corrected information, but could not remove the files, thus creating the problem, the former official said. ”
Now how is that Capgemini fault?
Passer by
If you call a piece of software that does not allow the correction of mistakes ‘fit for purpose’ you have a strange view of software
All systems are subject to human input error. Systems that do not allow them to be corrected are defective.
Yes, I say quite emphatically that Cap Gemini were at fault if that is the case
Richard
” Systems that do not allow them to be corrected are defective”
No systems that do allow correction are prone to security issues…you would think a large and important public database needs security first or does the government want flexibility?
When the record is on the database fine, then you can have the best of both worlds, as you can roll back the database in part of section, but if the data is not correct from the original record then you are up shit creek. Its the nature of the systems, they are always at the mercy of Human Input, or do you think this can be bypassed?
Cap gemini NOT GUILTY.
Passer by
What very strange notions you have
All systems are subject to the mercy of human input. Since this can err by definition Cap Gemini will have made error unless staffed by people who are not human
But if Cap Gemini is staffed by humans they would know that to err is possible. To then design a system where error could not be corrected would be to err. So they are at fault
But conclude (as many on the Right do) that government is defective because it is staffed by human beings is the oddest assumption of all
Of course, with a name like yours you may indeed not be human. Which is why this fruitless debate based on your fallacious logic is now closed
Richard