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  • Birmingham employers urged to check National Minimum Wage payments as £775,000 in arrears is paid to workers

    Birmingham employers urged to check National Minimum Wage payments as £775,000 in arrears is paid to workers

    Almost 2,800 workers in Birmingham were underpaid by £775,000 last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed as it approaches local employers to help prevent errors in salaries.
    HMRC is writing to more than 8,000 employers in the Birmingham area to highlight common mistakes around the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) - offering practical support to help them get

  • HMRC issues scam warning to tax credits customers

    HMRC issues scam warning to tax credits customers

    Tax credit claimants should be on their guard against fraudsters, as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) warns of the latest tactics being employed by scammers.
    HMRC has issued a new alert, providing details of a number of new scams reported that aim to trick people into handing over money or personal information. Criminals use deadlines – like the tax credits renewal deadline on 31 July – to target

  • Almost £600,000 in arrears paid to workers in Bradford for National Minimum Wage breaches

    Almost £600,000 in arrears paid to workers in Bradford for National Minimum Wage breaches

    Workers in the Bradford area are being urged to check they are not missing out on wages, after £560,000 worth of arrears was paid out in the city.
    The sum has been issued to 485 workers in Bradford who were underpaid the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage in the 2022 to 2023 financial year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced.
    The National Living Wage is the minimum wage f

  • Counterfeit clothing boss sentenced for fraud worth more than £150 million

    Two men involved in one of the UK’s largest ever carousel tax frauds have been sentenced to a combined total of 31 years in jail. Sock manufacturer Arif Patel, 55, of Dubai, was sentenced in his absence to 20 years behind bars, while co-accused Mohamed Jaffar Ali, 59, also of Dubai, was also sentenced in his absence to 11 years in jail.

  • Help to Save extended to April 2025

    Help to Save extended to April 2025

    Help to Save – the government savings scheme for low-income earners, which offers a 50% bonus payment worth up to £1,200 over 4 years – has been extended to April 2025, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.

  • Number of Self Assessment customers who file early doubles in 5 years

    Number of Self Assessment customers who file early doubles in 5 years

    The number of Self Assessment customers who choose to file their tax return on the first day of the tax year (6 April 2023) has more than doubled since 2018, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed.
    More than 77,500 customers submitted their tax return for the 2022 to 2023 tax year on 6 April 2023, compared to almost 37,000 customers on 6 April 2018.
    The deadline to file tax returns for

  • HMRC confirms long-term presence in Preston

    HMRC confirms long-term presence in Preston

    Preston will be retained as a long-term location in the North West for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the department has announced today.
    HMRC’s existing transitional site in Preston, at St Mark’s House and St Mary’s House, was due to close in 2025, with employees moving to our Manchester or Liverpool regional centres. Today’s announcement means more than 1,000 HMRC jobs will remain in Preston

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