More than 1.3million households get shock HMRC tax bills including Brits on the state pension

MORE than 1.3million households have got a shock HMRC tax bill including state pensioners. A Freedom of Information (FOI) ...

HMRC letters hit Brits with unexpected £920 tax demands

HMRC has issued more than 1 million 'simple assessment' letters to people who owe income tax that cannot be collected via ...

HMRC sends surprise tax bill to 1.3million households

This figure shows how many people received a simple assessment tax bill in 2023/24 - here is who could be affected ...
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Savers could be overpaying tax as HMRC double-bills thousands

Thousands of savers may be at risk of overpaying tax after His Majesty's Revenue and Customs sent them follow-up bills when some tax had already been paid. Earlier this year, the tax office sent ...
FTAdviser

Simple assessment demands rise amid frozen thresholds

Webb explained that with the state pension having risen a further 13 per cent between April 2023 and April 2025, the number ...

Number getting hit with year-end tax demands could soar to 2m, warns former minister Steve Webb

More than 1.3million received them in 2023/24, and the number will have risen since then and could soon pass 2million, ...

Stealth tax shock for savers as surprise demands jump to £920

These demands typically hit those with state pensions, savings income or small private pensions, where tax is not deducted at ...
Accountancy Age

How simple is Simple Assessment?

Simple Assessment, despite being a paper-based system, is part of the government’s Making Tax Digital programme. The goal is for HMRC to use information that it already holds to produce the income tax ...
MoneyWeek

Not-so-simple assessment

HMRC launches its new Simple Assessment for tax this month. But as you might expect, the new system is anything but simple. If you didn't have it marked in your diary, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) ...