HMRC phishing emails warning
HMRC continues to warn of the ever-present problem of fraudulent phishing emails. The emails typically look to obtain taxpayers personal and or financial...
14 May
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Category Archives: General
14 May
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Using the Help to Save scheme
The Help to Save scheme for people on low incomes was launched in September 2018. The scheme allows those in work entitled to...
30 Apr
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Search launched for new Bank of England governor
The current Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, will step down from his role on 31 January 2020. Mr Carney had...
23 Apr
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More about Debt Relief Orders
Last week we posted that it is over 10 years since Debt Relief Orders (DROs) were first introduced in April 2009. This week...
16 Apr
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Tenth anniversary of first Debt Relief Order
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) were first introduced in April 2019. The DROs assist people who have small levels of assets and insufficient surplus...
16 Apr
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Estate Agents targeted
HMRC has launched an unannounced crackdown on money laundering regulation non-compliance by estate agents. This clampdown resulted in over 50 visits by HMRC...
10 Apr
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Dormant assets scheme expanded
Under the current scheme, banks and building societies transfer the money held in dormant accounts to a central reclaim fund. The reclaim fund...
03 Apr
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Dormant bank accounts
There is a free tracing service called 'mylostaccount' to find lost bank accounts. The service brings together the three tracing schemes of the...
26 Mar
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Is HMRC’s message real or fake?
HMRC has issued an updated version of their online guidance on Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts. The guidance provides...
20 Mar
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Keep abreast of Brexit news
As the Brexit date fast approaches, it seems the only thing we can say with any certainty is that uncertainty continues to plague...