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Around 2,000 appeals against tax credit cuts will be examined by tax officials in the wake of HM Revenue & Customs' decision to axe a controversial contractor hired to cut fraud, it emerged today.
14 September 2016
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A controversial contractor hired by HM Revenue & Customs to cut tax credit fraud won't have its contract extended beyond May 2017 after massive criticism of its performance and claims hundreds have had their tax credits wrongly stopped.
13 September 2016
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Parents whose children are heading off to college for A-levels, further education or approved training courses must tell HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) or risk losing out on child tax credits and child benefit.
30 August 2016
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Self-assessment tax-return filers could face a 'penalty points' system if they miss deadlines while tardy tax-bill payers face fines of up to triple the current maximum, under Government proposals unveiled this week.
17 August 2016
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If you're a Barclays, Halifax or Co-operative Bank customer who earns 'rewards' in the form of monthly cash payments on your current account, you may owe tax.
5 July 2016
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Fraudsters pretending to be from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are expanding their unscrupulous activities after years of sending out fake emails to now calling unsuspecting consumers – and some are duping victims into paying them in gift cards and vouchers. But there are ways you can fight back against these phoneys.
30 June 2016
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Over three million people may have paid the wrong tax at the same time as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) cut customer service jobs, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.
25 May 2016
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If you're one of the 4.5 million people who've yet to file an online self-assessment tax return and need to do so, act now to make sure you don't miss the deadline.
19 January 2016
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The customer service of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is now so unacceptably poor it could be considered a "genuine threat to tax collection", according to the accounts auditor.
4 November 2015
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Frustrated callers tweeted HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) more than 11,500 times over the past year to complain about long waits to be answered, according to a charity.
9 September 2015

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