The Latest Breaking News from HMRC

HMRC Child Benefits Crackdown Backfires: 23,500 Families Flagged for 'Leaving the UK' — Even Those on Short Holidays

HMRC wrongly suspended child benefits for 23,500 UK families flagged as abroad, after an automated fraud check misread short trips and travel data.

International Business Times UK · Nov 11, 2025

HMRC to review suspension of child benefit payments to 23,500 people

Cases are now being reviewed after a growing number of complaints from people who briefly left the UK and returned to find their payments had been stopped

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

Home Office data in HMRC benefit fraud trial wrong in 46% of cases

Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025

Mediocre movies, millions in taxpayer cash: how scores of films from low-profile UK producer were funded mainly by public money

Creative industries are ‘crucial to the economy’ but film-making and tax have long had an uneasy relationship in Britain

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

HMRC worker ordered to pay £20,000 after refusing to return to office after lockdown

Tribunal found ‘no medical reason’ why Martin Bentley could not return to office after pandemic

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

MPs ask HMRC to explain child benefit error that froze payments to parents

Answers demanded after 23,500 families wrongly suspected of fraud when incorrect data showed they had left UK

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

HMRC gave a refund from my tax account to fraudster making repayment claim

I was in credit but HMRC handed £2,500 over to someone impersonating me on the phone, and says I’m in debt

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

Rachel Reeves prepares raid on pension tax perks

The Chancellor is reportedly planning to reform ‘salary sacrifice’ schemes

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2025

HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit – experts

Watchdog contacts tax authority after families’ payments stopped based on flawed travel data

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

‘He’s a true legend’: what now for Frankie Dettori as racing’s biggest name leaves the stage?

The last person who transcends the sport could make more headlines at the Breeders’ Cup

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025