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Dear Department for International Development,

Under the FOI act please provide a response to the following questions

VAT
1. Does the Department use an external provider for VAT advisory services? If so, please provide the following details
a. Name of provider
b. Contract start and end date
c. Total amount of VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
d. Total amount paid to the provider for these services in 2015/16

2. Did the Department use an external provider for Re-Review VAT recovery in 2015/16? If so, please provide the following details
a. Name of provider
b. Total amount of additional VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
c. Total amount paid to the provider for these services in 2015/16

3. Did the Department utilise any frameworks to procure any of the VAT services stated in Q1 and Q2. If so, please state which frameworks

Accounts Payable
4. What is the total number of invoices processed through accounts payable (AP) for each of the last five financial years:
2011/12:
2012/13:
2013/14:
2014/15:
2015/16:

5. What is the total expenditure through accounts payable (AP) for each of the last five financial years (£):
2011/12:
2012/13:
2013/14:
2014/15:
2015/16:

6. Could you provide the following information for all 3rd party providers the department has used to complete a review of Accounts Payable Invoices in the last 5 financial years:
a. Name of provider
b. Contract start and end date
c. Total value of duplicated invoices/erroneous payments identified by the 3rd party in the last five financial years
d. How much did the 3rd party invoice the department for any review work undertaken?

7. What accounting system does the department use (Oracle, E-Financials, Sage etc.)

Thank you for the time spent on this request,

Yours faithfully,

Mr J Taylor

Department for International Development

Dear Mr Taylor

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 3 May
2017. We are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and will respond to you directly as soon as possible and within
20 working days.

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Please contact me if you have any queries, quoting reference number
F2017-162.

Yours sincerely

Sandy Docherty
Information Rights Team
Department for International Development

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Dear Mr Taylor,

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response to your Freedom of Information request F2017-162.

Yours sincerely,

Sandy Docherty
Information Rights Team
Department for International Development

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