State pensioners born between 1951 and 1960 are increasingly at risk of paying income tax on their state pension due to the combined effects of the Triple Lock increase and frozen personal allowance thresholds. The full New …
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is ramping up its debt collection efforts, spending over £5 million each month on private agencies to recover overdue taxes. Between October 2025 and February 2026 alone, HMRC paid debt collection …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a crucial warning to parents claiming Child Benefit who have recently received a pay rise. If either the claimant or their partner living in the same household receives Child Benefit …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a crucial reminder to parents earning under £80,000 to review their eligibility for Child Benefit, a payment that could significantly ease family finances. Despite over 1.4 million …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging working parents earning under £100,000 annually to explore the Tax-Free Childcare scheme, which can provide up to £2,000 per year in savings per child. This initiative aims to ease the …
HMRC has issued updated guidance alerting UK households to an upcoming change in the minimum age at which they can access their pension savings. Beginning April 6, 2028, the normal minimum pension age will rise from 55 to 57. …
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has invested £186 million over six years to recover unpaid taxes linked to “disguised remuneration” schemes, a move critics have labeled “shameful” and “disgusting.” This ongoing crackdown centers …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a new campaign reaching out to individuals born before 2005 to inform them about unclaimed Child Trust Funds (CTFs) that could be worth an average of £2,200. The initiative …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced it will appeal a London tax tribunal decision that ordered a reduction of VAT on public electric vehicle (EV) chargers from 20% to 5%. This ruling, which recognized that HMRC has …
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased investigations into unpaid VAT among large and medium-sized businesses, opening nearly 12,000 probes last year—a 31% rise from the previous year. This crackdown is part …
HMRC is turning a spotlight on UK families as certain gifts to loved ones unintentionally trigger substantial inheritance tax bills. In the 2023-24 tax year alone, approximately 220 gifts valued at £61 million breached HMRC’s …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced that Child Benefit payments scheduled for May will be paid earlier than usual. With both May bank holidays falling on Mondays, payments initially planned for May 4 and May 25 will …
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is rolling out automatic new tax codes to around two million state pensioners due to a recent rule change by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This update follows a policy shift that …
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is sending UK households tax bills based on the gross amount of savings interest, even when early withdrawal penalties drastically reduce the actual interest received. A pensioner couple from the …
Taxpayers across the UK are being urged to review their tax payments and claim any refunds due before the HMRC deadline closes. Last year, an estimated £624 million in tax refunds went unclaimed, with around 730,000 eligible …