Digital Services Tax
The government introduced 2% tax on search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces operating in the UK from 1 April 2020.
I worked as part of a multidisciplinary team to design and develop a service to enable businesses to register, submit and pay digital services tax.
The service passed Discovery and Alpha assessments. It was projected to raise £440m per year for the government.
Discovery maps
I collaborated with stakeholders in interviews and workshops to design a map Illustrating different parts of HMRC estate involved in collection and administration of the digital services tax.
HMRC estate

HMRC estate involved in collection and administration of the Digital Services Tax
Customer journey
I carried out desk research to produce a customer journey map.

Desk based research customer journey map
Alpha maps
Service mapping workshop
I worked with a content designer, user researcher and stakeholders to produce a service map.

Outcome of service mapping workshop
User flows
Registration

Snapshot: Group registration process
I designed and prototyped user flows for registration and returns. I demonstrated prototypes to stakeholders and participated in user research.
Getting maps on a wall

James Nicholson, Gav Adam and Karl Parton
Screens

Links to payment, return and account history

Displaying companies within a group, annual allowance and group liability on single screen