The National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
NFI Council Tax Notice
South Staffordshire District Council has been invited to
participate in an exercise to protect tax payers and ensure public
money is correctly spent.
The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) is a biennial data matching
exercise run by the Audit Commission to identify fraudulent and
erroneous payments from the public purse.
South Staffordshire District Council will be providing council tax
single person discount and electoral register data to the Audit
Commission for cross-system comparison for the prevention and
detection of fraud
A trial of this pilot exercise undertaken by the London Borough of
Hillingdon identified £1million in savings.
South Staffordshire District Council is required to participate in
NFI under Section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. The authority
is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers. It may
share information provided to it, with other bodies responsible for
auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and
detect fraud.
Contacts
| Council Tax
Enquiries |
Revenues &
Benefits |
| Telephone: (01902) 696664 |
South Staffordshire Council |
| Fax: (01902) 696630 |
P.O. Box 1644 |
| Email: taxation@sstaffs.gov.uk |
Wolverhampton |
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