It comes despite the tax office employing more senior employees, adding £100million to salary costs. The committee has recommended HMRC publish 'realistic plans' to simplify the tax system and ...

HMRC sends out letters for many reasons, including if you need to register for self-assessment - but moving forward, the tax office will only write to you for tax demands ...

HM Revenue and Customs has blown more than £1m on ‘fancy’ office chairs in three years, despite staff only being required to work in the office three days a week. The tax authority also spent ...

HMRC said in a post on X: "Don't get caught out by ads promising quick tax refunds for working from home. Always check if you're eligible before making a claim. Avoid agent fees by claiming ...

HMRC bombshell as 'hundreds of thousands' could be hit by £10-a-day penalty Experts have warned that vast swathes of the public could be penalised by the tax office for not submitting their Self ...

HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) most recent figures, from 2022-23, estimate that £5.5 billion was lost due to tax evasion, 81% of it from small businesses, up from 66% in 2019-20. Tackling tax ...

A report released last May by the National Audit Office spending watchdog found that taxpayers jointly spent the equivalent of nearly 800 years on hold to HMRC in 2022-23 — more than double the ...

THOUSANDS of taxpayers have had their online accounts locked and login details deleted after “organised crime fishing” scams targeted HMRC in a £47million fraud sting. Up to 100,000 personal ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hit back at claims it is wasting taxpayers’ money by not hiring contractors on an outside IR35 basis, after its annual accounts suggested the majority of the ...

Although the freelancers wrote to contest HMRC’s decision within weeks (in April 2022), advisers representing those affected said the tax office had yet to respond in depth to the contractors ...

HMRC is a 'lumbering dinosaur' say MPs who call on tax office to start using AI. Had an issue with HMRC? Get in touch [email protected] ; By ANGHARAD CARRICK. Updated: 03:23 EDT, 30 April 2025 ...