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Don’t miss the deadline for your Self Assessment 13 December 2017
HMRC is reminding customers to complete their online tax return ahead of the 31 January 2018 deadline, for tax years 2016/17. Why not do it now and sit back and enjoy the festive period.
It would have been unthinkable twenty years ago, to file Self Assessment (SA) returns on a mobile phone. Today, completing your Self Assessment via your Personal Tax Account can be done anywhere or at any time; on the bus, in a coffee shop or while watching TV, using your phone, a tablet or a computer. HMRC now has online webchats, live webinars, YouTube videos and social media support for customers which can be accessed at any time, and on any device, to help you fill in and file your returns. If you are filing your 2016/17 Self Assessment return online for the first time, you will need to create a Government Gateway account, if you haven’t already got one. It’s easy to do, go to Self Assessment .on GOV.UK for full details.
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HMRC subject access request 22 December 2017
HMRC has updated the address to use if making a subject access request (SAR) in writing.
Send your request to:
SARS/DPU Room BP8003 HM Revenue and Customs National Insurance Contributions Office BX9 1AN
For full details on how to request access to personal data that HMRC holds aboutyou, follow the link below.
HMRC subject access request
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The season of goodwill offers no protection against scams 21 December 2017
HMRC have, once again, issued a warning against the risk of becoming a victim of a scam being carried out under the guise of HMRC collecting tax arrears.
The latest telephone scam sees vulnerable and elderly people being tricked, through cold calling, with scammers pretending to be from HMRC and informing them that they owe a large amount of tax that can only be paid off though digital vouchers and gift cards which also include gift cards used for Apples iTunes store. By using intimidation and threats, to cease property or goods or involve the police, victims buy the vouchers and provide the redemption codes to the scammers who then sell them on or buy high purchase items. What makes this an attractive scam is that they are easy to sell on and hard to trace once used.
HMRC want to make clear they would not under any circumstances request the settling of debt through such a method.
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