HMRC are reminding parents of 16 to 19 year olds to go online and extend their child benefit claim by 31 August to continue payments. 

HMRC previously announced that Industrial action would impact some HMRC employer helplines between 23 December 2024 and 14 March 2025. This has now been extended to 16 May 2025 HMRC say they have robust plans in place to ensure they continue delivering critical services. 

In a press release issued on 23 January 2025, the Government announced ‘a new independent review into the Loan Charge’ to be led by Ray McCann. At the same time, HMRC published an operational briefing relating to the review.

HMRC have made changes to some of the text messages they send out to taxpayers to help you recognise them as genuine. 

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has responded to today’s Budget announcement¹ that from April 2026 recruitment agencies, or end clients where there is no agency, will be responsible for accounting for PAYE tax and NIC on payments made to workers that are supplied by umbrella ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging HMRC to speed up the implementation of the new self assessment penalty regime after expressing concern that delays will leave some taxpayers, including those on low incomes, paying over a thousand pounds more for delays in filing their tax return ...