Figures published by the UK’s national fraud reporting centre, Action Fraud, show that since the beginning of 2016 and until August this year there have been over 1,500 reports of this scam, with the numbers increasing in recent months. The vast majority of the victims are aged over 65 and suffered an average financial loss of £1,150 each. Chief Executive of Tax Help for Older People, Gary Millner, confirmed “ … We have taken too many calls from people who have fallen foul of it. The amounts of money lost are significant for some, and the feelings of helplessness, violation and embarrassment are immense.” Angela MacDonald, HMRC’s Director General of Customer Services warned “These scammers are very confident, convincing and utterly ruthless. We don’t want to see anyone fall victim to this scam just before Christmas. That’s why we’re working closely with crime fighters to ensure taxpayers know how to avoid it.” Protect your friends, family and neighbours this Christmas by warning them about this scam and if you suspect that you or a vulnerable or elderly relative has been the victim of this scam or a similar one, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or use their online reporting tool .
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Access your Personal Tax Account in 2018 with an HMRC app 2 January 2018
If you regularly access your Personal Tax Account (PTA) you might be interested in downloading the HMRC app which is available from the App Store for iOS and the Google Play Store for Android.
You can use the free HMRC app to:
view your tax code and an estimate of the tax you need to pay see your income and benefits
check your National Insurance number view your tax credits payments schedule renew your tax credits use our tax calculator to work out your take home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance deductions track forms and letters you’ve sent to us get 6-digit access codes to make your HMRC accounts more secure
Full information about the app is available at GOV.UK.
App store for IOS
Google Play Store for Android
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Essential maintenance to affect services 14 January 2018 2 January 2018
HMRC have published information relating to planned closure of some of their electronic services due to planned essential maintenance.
The services affected on 14 January between 8 am and 11.30am include the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) email, web and XML.
HMRC apologise for any inconvenience caused by this downtime.
Updates of all online service availability and issues .
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