Activities currently funded by HMRC central research programme

• Sponsorship of the Public Economics Working Group (ref 04-05.A1.1)
• Wealth and Assets Survey (with ONS/DWP/DTI) (ref 04-05.A2.1)
• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) (with ONS/DWP/DoH/ODPM) (ref 04-05.A2.9)
• Baseline Surveys and Qualitative Research on Pensions with Individuals, Employers and the Financial Service Sector (ref 04-05.A2.15)
• A Review of Research Evidence on Factors Influencing the Renovation of Business Premises in Disadvantaged Areas (ref 04-05.A4.9)
• Sponsoring questions in ONS’ BERD Survey Booster Scheme for evaluation of R&D Tax Credits (ref 04-05.A4.3)
• Qualitative research on construction workers Self Assessment (SA) Filing Behaviour (ref 04-05.A8.3)
• Qualitative research on Attitudes to Tax Debt and Enforcement (ref 04-05.A8.2)
• Evaluation of East London Pilot of HMRC support for small business (ref 04-05.A10.3)
• Development of the NIESR Savings Model (ref 04-05.A2.6 & 05-06.A2.4)
• Survey of Individual Attitudes to Savings: Effect of ISAs on People’s Savings Behaviour (ref 05-06.A2.5)
• Evaluation of Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA) for Energy-Saving Technologies (ref 05-06.A3.2)
• Share Incentives Plan and Save as You Earn Survey of Employers and Employees (ref 04-05.A4.7, 05-06.A4.3)
• The disability element of Working Tax Credit (ref 05-06.A5.1)
• Informal economy: incidence, extent and nature (ref 05-06.A8.2)
• Call-off contract for econometrics support to evaluations (ref 06-07.A1.1)
• Develop model to estimate impact of reforms to corporate tax on capital gains (06-07A3.1)
• Small scale qualitative research to support the implementation of the review of Links with Large Business (ref 06-07.A3.6)
• Research to explore claimants understanding of the tax credits system and process of reporting of changes of circumstances (ref 06-07.A5.1)
• Exploring the key influences on the tax credit claimant population (ref 06-07A5.2)
• Claimant’s understanding and experiences of the tax credit renewal process (ref 06-07.A5.3)
• Research to explore the feasibility of collecting in-year estimates of income from tax credits claimants (ref 06-07.A5.5)
• Alcohol and tobacco cross-border shopping survey (ref 06-07.A8.4)
• Customer experience of the simplified Main Tax Return pilot (ref 06-07.A10.9)
• Evaluating redesign of Enquiry Centres (ref 06-07.A10.26)
• Qualitative investigation of agents attitudes towards online services and e-conveyancing (ref 06-07.A2.31)
• Econometric Assessment of Enterprise Investment Scheme/ Venture Capital Trusts (ref 06-07.A4.30)
• Gathering Evidence to test the sustainability of the VAT and duty rules for the gaming machine market (ref 06-07.A6.31)
• Developing a survey methodology on the informal economy: extent, nature and incidence – phase II (ref 06-07.A8.30)
• Customer Service survey – qualitative research into new PAYE coding notices (ref 06-07.A10.34)
• March 2007 in-year Customer Service Survey (ref 06-07.A10.36)
• Charities, Assets and Residents (CAR) Customer Service Survey (CSS) (06-07.A2.20)
• Qualitative research on reasons for the low take-up of Working Tax Credits by those without children (ref 06-07.A5.40)
• HMRC Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model Development and Support (07-08.A1.3)
• Academic support for the Starter 204 evaluation (07-08.A1.4)
• HMRC contributions to the General Household Survey (07-08.A2.4)
• Bespoke analysis of the Tax Tracker Survey: a quantitative survey of UK corporate buyers of tax advice (07-08.A3.1)
• Small-scale internal methodological review of research with Large Business customer population (07-08.A3.2)
• Linking Family Resources Survey (FRS) data to tax credits administrative data (07-08.A5.1)
• Scoping exercise to investigate the feasibility of carrying out a longitudinal survey of the tax credit (TC) population (WF.07-08.A.5.20)
• Research to explore claimants’ experiences of the tax credits system following a household break-up (WF.07-08.A5.21)
• Longitudinal Survey of Tax Credits and Child Benefit Claimants (WF.07-08.A5.23)
• Omnibus Survey: Smoking module (07-08.A8.1)
• Alcohol and tobacco cross border shopping estimates through sponsorship of questions in the International Passenger Survey (IPS) (07-08.A8.2)
• Qualitative study into the drivers of compliance behaviour (with a focus on errors) amongst small businesses who do not use agents (07-08.A8.4)
• Feasibility study of customer perceptions: HMRC compliance interventions (07-08.A8.6)
• Resourcing diverse risks (07-08.A9.1)
• Annual Customer Service Survey (CSS) 2007 (07-08.A10.1)
• HMRC Staff Survey Summer and Winter 07 Waves (07-08.A10.2)
• Qualitative study to promote successful customer use of e-transactions, improve e-service quality and identify key customer satisfaction issues. (07-08.A10.3)
• Contact Centre Customer Survey 2007-8 (WF.07-08A10.20)
• A qualitative investigation with charities, to identify the key barriers to Gift Aid Adoption (in conjunction with Charities Aid Foundation CAF) (WF.07-08.A2.30)
• Attitudes towards compliance (07-08.A8.3)
• HMRC Customer Survey Development (07-08.A10.5)
• Research to explore claimants’ experiences of aligned tax credits and child benefit processes (WF.07-08.A5.24)
• Research to explore tax credits claimants’ experiences of the Assisted Claims pilots (WF.07-08.A5.25)
• Research to explore tax credit claimants’ experience of the Reach Out Renewals Pilot Approach (WF.07-08.A5.29)
• Qualitative research with BAME groups to explore customer experiences of Tax Credit and other HMRC processes (WF.07-08.A5.30)
• Customers perspectives in the development of the policy delivery option for HiPG (WF.07-08.A5.31)
• Qualitative investigation of the childcare element of Tax Credits (WF.07-08.A5.32)
• Qualitative investigation of behavioural factors of disclosure from the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (OVD) (WF.07-08.A8.20)
• The relationship between National Non-Domestic Rates and Rents on commercial property empirical evidence from enterprise zones (WF.06-07.A2.40)
• Customer experiences of compliance interventions (WF.07-08.A8.31)