Hon DAVID PARKER: As I have also repeatedly said, Inland Revenue increasingly rely upon sophisticated software to automate previously manual transactions. This saves the Government and taxpayers millions and millions of dollars every year on administration, and has cut staff numbers at Inland Revenue by about 2,000 people. The benefits to taxpayers include automated assessments and refunds and other payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars every year. The use of automated data sets, which we continually strive to improve, is wise, saves money, and will continue, and, I will add, is what was used throughout for COVID support payments.