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Employers who provide generous sickness or maternity arrangements can, through no fault of their own, contribute towards tax credit overpayments of their employees. This is due to rules hidden in the small print of tax credits law and arises most often where generous employers have schemes that continue longer than the state provides.

The latest report from the National Audit Office (NAO) 'HM Revenue and Customs: Filing of Income Tax Self Assessment Returns' published today, highlights the disadvantages that exist for unrepresented taxpayers within the self assessment system and calls for greater support for these taxpayers.

The new department of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs owes a special responsibility to those who rely wholly or mainly upon the department for advice and explanations about their obligations and entitlements under the tax and tax credits systems.

We don't like to boast at LITRG but it is good to receive recognition from your peers. So when, last week, LITRG won the prestigious LexisNexis award for "best tax website" for 2005 we were quietly pleased. Last year's winners were the Inland Revenue who have rather more funds than we do, so it was good to see recognition for what can be done with very limited resources.