Britain is contemplating the idea of outsourcing the process of self-assessment tax returns and other sensitive information to India and effect a saving of £200 million,a magazine claimed today. Her Majestys Revenue and Customs work is already outsourced under a long-term contract,which is worth about £8.5 billion. Paris-headquartered firm Capgemini handles self-assessment tax returns and PAYE forms for about 30 million people. The company also deals with details of National Insurance Contributions for nearly everyone in Britain. Wednesdays issue of Computer Weekly claimed that Capgemini,together with another contractor Fujitsu,is examining whether to send tax processing offshore,possibly to India. The magazine said an internal memo on the contract to staff from the Public and Commercial Services Union claimed that the companies were looking at the potential offshoring of some future work,possibly to the subcontinent.
