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Updated on 27 April 2023

Tax refund companies: Nominations and Assignments

Even though it is no longer possible to ‘assign’ your tax refund to a third party, do not let your guard down! As it is possible to still ‘nominate’ a third party to receive a tax refund, many of the same old issues with unscrupulous tax refund companies remain. Here we explain the differences ...

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Updated on 26 April 2023

Revenue Scotland’s Enhanced Support policy

Revenue Scotland, the tax authority with responsibility for the administration of Scotland’s devolved taxes, has developed an Enhanced Support policy. The policy sets out what enhanced support is; it aims to help those who need extra support to meet their tax obligations in respect of Scotland’s ...

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Updated on 17 April 2023

Why payslips are so important

You can use your payslips to check that your pay is correct. But there are also many other reasons to look after your payslips. By ‘look after’, we mean make sure you are receiving them and can access them, that you check them carefully and that you keep them somewhere safe!

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Updated on 3 April 2023

Loan charge and section 222 charges

For some people affected by the loan charge, the law says that a further tax charge is due as well as the loan charge itself. HMRC have recently explained that in certain circumstances they won’t seek to collect this further tax charge. However, you may still receive correspondence from HMRC about ...

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Updated on 20 March 2023

Claim 2018/19 tax refunds by 5 April

HMRC issue some tax refunds automatically. However, in other cases, you need to actively claim tax refunds. For example, those for the marriage allowance, those for job-related expenses that you paid for yourself, and those where too much tax was withheld at source on payment protection insurance ...

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