Tax-free childcare provides a Government contribution to help with the costs of childcare for working families in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who meet certain minimum and maximum earnings rules. You can only use the help through tax-free childcare if the main reason for the ...

From tax year 2025/26 the government have introduced a tax charge to take back the annual winter fuel payment or pension age winter heating payment from some recipients. Here we set out who is affected and how HMRC collect the payment.  

The elective deduction model – sometimes called the hybrid model - is where you are treated as employed for tax purposes (so that PAYE is operated) but self-employed for employment law purposes so that you do not get certain employment law rights. 

You may have recently contacted HMRC and are now waiting for a response – for example, after sending in a form via post or requesting a refund after submitting your tax return. On this page, we explain the various tools that you can use to check the progress of your reply and how to chase HMRC, if ...

As Making Tax Digital is such a significant change to the way that some people will need to report their tax information, this page sets out where you can find more information and covers all our frequently asked questions. 

The new Making Tax Digital rules apply to you once your income from self-employment and/or property letting exceeds the relevant Making Tax Digital threshold, unless you are exempt. On this page we look at what happens if your income falls below the relevant Making Tax Digital threshold ...