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I am used to operating in an environment in which I am held to account. The level of reassurance that can be provided by good scrutiny underpins public confidence.
The changes to our basic pay-as-you-earn and self-assessment systems are just to take account of a different rate; there are no self-contained SRIT IT systems.
Therefore, we have to consider carefully whether we make further investment. That is not even taking into account capital costs, but just the on-going subsidy costs.
The other element that is slightly different is the information technology procurement cost. That is an accounting issue and is to do with how much of the cost is capitalised and how much is spread over the lifetime of the contract.