Group no longer convened
The Tax Transparency Sector Board has not met since its last meeting in December 2014. This page therefore contains historical information only.
If you have any queries, please get in touch using the contact details on this page.
Role of the group
The Tax Transparency Sector Board informs and advises HM Revenue and Customs Open Data Strategy, serving as a focal point to direct requests for data and improving the Department’s understanding of the value and use of tax information to the broader benefit of the UK.
Membership
The board is chaired by Edward Troup, HMRC Tax Assurance Commissioner and Second Permanent Secretary and Jonathan Athow, Director of Knowledge Analysis and Intelligence, and includes representatives from academia and the public, voluntary and private sector and HMRC and Cabinet Office officials.
A privacy expert has been appointed from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Terms of reference
Tax transparency sector board terms of reference (PDF, 45 KB, 3 pages)
Meetings
Schedule of meeting dates (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 319 Bytes)
December 2012
Tax Transparency Sector Board meeting agenda: December 2012 (PDF, 115 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board minutes: December 2012 (PDF, 135 KB, 4 pages)
Tax Transparency Sector Board action points: December 2012 (PDF, 19.6 KB, 1 page)
The Transparency Agenda and Sector Boards (PDF, 419 KB, 13 pages)
HMRC Data landscape presentation (PDF, 70.6 KB, 12 pages)
February 2013
Tax Transparency Sector Board meeting agenda: February 2013 (PDF, 120 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board minutes: February 2013 (PDF, 145 KB, 5 pages)
Tax Transparency Sector Board action points: February 2013 (PDF, 21.9 KB, 1 page)
Open Data Proposal from the Open Data User Group: VAT Data Sharing (PDF, 33.2 KB, 2 pages)
Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) (PDF, 46.6 KB, 4 pages)
Paper from the Open Data User Group: HMRC Tax Transparency Sector Board - data requests (PDF, 193 KB, 12 pages)
May 2013
Tax Transparency Sector Board meeting agenda: May 2013 (PDF, 121 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board minutes: May 2013 (PDF, 189 KB, 5 pages)
The Open Data Institute
HMRC's policy and legal framework (PDF, 31.5 KB, 2 pages)
HMRC criteria for assessing information requests (PDF, 64.2 KB, 4 pages)
Tax Transparency Sector Board - Data request process (PDF, 185 KB, 6 pages)
HMRC Geography (PDF, 58.4 KB, 8 pages)
July 2013
Tax Transparency Sector Board agenda : July 2013 (PDF, 123 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board minutes : July 2013 (PDF, 157 KB, 3 pages)
Chartered Institute Of Taxation presentation July 2013 (PDF, 314 KB, 8 pages)
Cabinet Office presentation July 2013 (PDF, 1.04 MB, 9 pages)
August 2013
Tax Transparency Sector Board Agenda : August 2013 (PDF, 120 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board Minutes : August 2013 (PDF, 197 KB, 4 pages)
Data sharing consultation presentation (PDF, 47.1 KB, 8 pages)
HMRC Datalab briefing document (PDF, 19.6 KB, 2 pages)
HMRC Administrative Data Taskforce briefing document (PDF, 19.9 KB, 2 pages)
October 2013
Tax Transparency Sector Board Agenda : October 2013 (PDF, 132 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board Minutes : October 2013 (PDF, 176 KB, 5 pages)
Trade Statistics Overview October 2013 (PDF, 341 KB, 10 pages)
Valuation Office presentation (PDF, 56.9 KB, 15 pages)
February 2014
Tax Transparency Sector Board Agenda : February 2014 (PDF, 122 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board Minutes : February 2014 (PDF, 162 KB, 5 pages)
HMRC and Charity Data presentation (PDF, 68 KB, 16 pages)
Cabinet Office National Information Infrastructure next steps (PDF, 67.6 KB, 4 pages)
June 2014
Tax Transparency Sector Board Agenda : June 2014 (PDF, 134 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board Minutes : June 2014 (PDF, 163 KB, 5 pages)
December 2014
Tax Transparency Sector Board Agenda : December 2014 (PDF, 91.2 KB, 1 page)
Tax Transparency Sector Board Minutes : December 2014 (PDF, 227 KB, 6 pages)
Nature and use of datasets held in HMRC’s Datalab (PDF, 68.3 KB, 2 pages)