HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats' social media

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JonChesterfield · 15h ago

HMRC should fix their community forums before trying to do clever things with computers.

https://community.hmrc.gov.uk/customerforums/ that's been offline for ages and it made the self assessment tax return way harder than it would otherwise be.

Lapra · 17h ago

Context for non-UK readers: the HMRC is the UK government's tax collection branch, roughly equivalent to the IRS in the USA.

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HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats' social media

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