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OPINION - Relief, confusion and derision as HMRC drops plan to shut tax helpline for six months of the year

Let me tell you something about the British people: you can cut their local government services to the bone, send NHS waiting lists soaring, even let prisoners out early to ease overcrowding. But don't you dare close down HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) telephone helpline for parts of the year. This we…

Evening Standard

HMRC halts plan to close tax helpline for six months a year

Tax office makes swift U-turn after outcry over self-assessment, VAT and PAYE phone services

The Guardian - UK

Will HMRC close its helpline for completing self-assessment tax returns?

Revenue and Customs were looking to press ahead with a cost-cutting measure

Evening Standard

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Manchester United's Unpaid Taxes Could Squander Their Summer Transfers

ManUtd is in discussions with HMRC over unpaid taxes due to player and agent arrangements, raising concerns about their transfer plans and financial stability.

International Business Times UK

HMRC to close its self-assessment helpline for six months a year

Tax office also plans to scale back other helplines, including for VAT and PAYE, in move to ‘online self-service’

The Guardian - UK

Tesco Staff Still Paid Lower Than Minimum Wage As Supermarket Struggles

Store employees at Tesco will only receive their new hourly pay of £12.02 from 28th April, despite the National Living Wage going up to £11.44 on 1st April.

International Business Times UK

Who are the Tories’ recent biggest donors after Frank Hester?

Company founders, a member of the Sainsbury dynasty and a vice-chair of a textile giant have donated large sums to the party

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HMRC spent millions on kit for remote working staff

Despite overwhelming evidence pointing to increased productivity and wellbeing, HMRC is facing criticism for its investment in hybrid working

TechRadar

Reading owner Dai Yongge sanctions training ground sale to rivals Wycombe

The Reading owner, Dai Yongge, has sanctioned the cut-price sale of their state-of-the-art training ground to Wycombe

The Guardian - UK

Tesco pay rise delay leaves many workers earning under minimum wage

Some employees angry at supermarket being temporarily able to pay under £11.44 an hour

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t expect to get a penny back’ - companies left £2.6m out of pocket after Tour of Britain organiser’s collapse

20 companies are owed money by SweetSpot according to a newly released report

Cycling Weekly

The struggle to get through to a human being at HMRC

Letter: Alan Clark finally managed to speak to HMRC on his 11th attempt after spending hours on hold over two months

The Guardian - UK

Tax hotline allows MPs and VIPs to skip the queues at HMRC

Call-waiting times to ‘Public Department 1’ are 12 times faster while public must wait 22 minutes to speak to an adviser, report finds

The Guardian - UK

HMRC struggling to cope as customer service levels hit ‘all-time low’

New report notes ‘continued decline’ and rising call-waiting times as ‘fiscal drag’ pulls growing numbers of people into an ailing system

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Charges for loo roll, none for caviar: strange quirks of the UK’s VAT rules

The tax often goes unnoticed by shoppers. But what is charged, and on what, throws up curious anomalies

The Guardian - UK

TUC boss and retail chief call for action on wealthy tax dodgers

Paul Nowak and Julian Richer say taxes of up to £36bn a year are owed by companies and individuals

The Guardian - UK

HMRC investigations of wealthy ‘tax dodgers’ halve in five years

The drop in civil inquiries by fraud unit sparks criticism that the authority’s use of its powers of enforcement are waning

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Get rid of the paper clutter: how to deal with your household documents

From ways to store important documents to the right ways to destroy them

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Love me for a season: Boyzone ‘set to become face’ of non-league Chorley FC

Ronan Keating says rumours of surprising collaboration between the Irish pop stars and the Lancashire side are true

Cycling Weekly

London cargo bike delivery company Pedal Me enters administration, but future secured

Existing shareholders purchase business back from administrators, but crowdfunding investors left empty handed

The Guardian - UK

Struggling with tax forms? Hold the line and let HMRC help – it’s worth the wait

Brief letters: Helpful HMRC | South Yorkshire stubbornness | Inspiring lives | Oeuful puns

Evening Standard

Coronation Street star Bill Roache 'facing bankruptcy for second time as HMRC take action over tax arrears'

The Ken Barlow actor has appeared in the ITV soap since the 1960s and is believed to be the highest paid member of the cast, earning around £250k a year

The Guardian - UK

Almost 4 million people yet to file UK tax return due on 31 January

HMRC issues ‘act now’ plea as deadline looms for self-assessment tax return with penalties for those who miss it

Evening Standard

Eamonn Holmes says he's 'very bitter' after tax dispute 'forced him to sell house'

The former This Morning host says he lost two HMRC appeals

The Guardian - UK

Ministers try to rescue free childcare scheme with last-minute ‘workaround’

Early-years providers say plan will do little to address staffing crisis affecting number of available places

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