Content
Leading article...
We can't go on like this...
General tax...
The name is Bond
Blessed are the givers
Excuses, excuses
PAYE the penalty
Silver and gold
Moving goalposts
Doctor, doctor...
Something phishy
Pension problems
Tax dot com
Unpleasant discoveries
Fair's fair (at last)
Chartered taxpayers
This year, next year
VAT...
Focus your mind
Flat rates aren't flat
Reverse the charges
Flapjack flash
Ready set ECSL
A lofty idea
Law items...
I want my lawyer
Not on my holiday
A grey area
No difference
| Everyone should by now be suspicious of badly spelled e-mails from foreign civil servants promising a handling fee for moving some surplus government cash, or requests "from your bank" to confirm your card details or PIN - so-called "phishing". HMRC report that there are also a wide variety of fraudulent e-mails circulating which try to trick taxpayers into providing information that could be valuable - for example, someone might hijack your identity and submit a tax return on your behalf. You might be grateful if they did that for free, but they would be directing a large tax refund to themselves, leaving you and HMRC to argue about who foots the bill. HMRC say they never send out this sort of e-mail to taxpayers. If you receive any e-mail which appears in the least suspicious, check it out first - we can help you sniff out the dodgy ones. |
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