HMRC letters dropping through the letterbox: are you a winner or loser and what to do

[enaid]

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This is just my opinion, if the shoe was on the other foot and we made a mistake by underpaying the Revenue, they would have added penalties and interest to underpayments. It is a shame that penalties cannot be charged to them for their mistake.

Tuttsi

Well Tuts it wasn't a mistake at all according to
Dave Hartnett is the senior tax professional at HMRC
Speaking exclusively to Radio 4's Money Box programme, Mr Hartnett said: "I'm not sure I see a need to apologise."


He added: "I've read the papers, listened to the media and heard stories of HMRC blunders and IT failure - neither of those are true."
He said the 5.7 million letters that he would be sending out to taxpayers before Christmas were the result of a normal process of matching the tax deducted from each taxpayer with their circumstances.

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There you go Nelly BBC News - Tax letters: Taxman to face grilling by MPs

Looks like it could be entertaining.

[enaid]

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There you go Nelly BBC News - Tax letters: Taxman to face grilling by MPs

Looks like it could be entertaining.

Tax letters: Taxman to face grilling by MPs

Dave Hartnett is the permanent secretary at HM Revenue and Customs
MPs are to call in the UK's top tax official to explain the fall-out over unexpected income tax demands.
Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee, told the BBC there was a strong case for Dave Hartnett to give an explanation to MPs.
The HM Revenue and Customs Permanent Secretary apologised to 1.4 million people who are receiving letters revealing an underpayment of tax.
But this came hours after a refusal to apologise brought severe criticism.

It is estimated that 2.3 million people underpaid income tax during the last two tax years because of errors in their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax code.
About 900,000 taxpayers will not have to pay anything after the government raised the write-off threshold from £50 to £300, leaving 1.4 million people owing about £2bn, or £1,428 each on average.
In an interview with the BBC's Money Box programme on Saturday, Mr Hartnett had said he was "not sure" he saw a need to apologise to those receiving letters.
But later he apologised if his remarks "came across as insensitive".
Mr Tyrie described the apology as "a bit belated" and said he would discuss with his colleagues the possibility of Mr Hartnett being called before the Treasury Committee.
"There is a strong case for saying he should now give an explanation to Parliament," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday.
It was subsequently confirmed that Mr Hartnett will appear before the committee on Wednesday.
Mr Tyrie added that he was not happy with the way the issue had been handled, and this meant that greater concessions might have to be given to people who had underpaid than would previously have been needed.



Dave Hartnett, the man in charge of HM Revenue & Customs, whose £160000 annual salary makes him one of the best paid in Whitehall
I wonder if a letter will drop on his door mat?

[Feenikhan]

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I just want to know I dropp a letter in letter box to send Hmrc can thy get

[Feenikhan]

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I post a letter for Hmrc by letterbox can they get?

[leclerc]

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I wouldn't do that but follow this link which gives you proper postal addresses depending on what issue you have: https://www.gov.uk/contact-hmrc