Category Archives: HMRC Scam

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How to recognise tax scams

How to recognise tax scams. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have recently published updated guidance on how to identify tax scams made by phone, email, or text. They advise that […]

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Alexander Accountancy Burton upon Trent warn of SCAMS that look like official especially for self assessment

Self Assessment – HMRC Fraudster Warning

HMRC is urging Self Assessment customers to be alert to fraudsters and scams that ask for their personal information or bank details.   Self Assessment customers, who are starting to think about […]

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Potential tax demand scam - Alexander Accountancy

Potential tax demand scam

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is a well-known organisation that provides independent advice to the government on simplifying the UK tax system. The OTS has issued a press release […]

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HMRC advice to counter spoof emails or texts

HMRC continues to warn of the ever-present problem of fraudulent phishing emails, suspicious phone calls and texts. These unwanted emails, phone calls and texts are being sent from all around […]

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Scammers target Self-Assessment taxpayers

Fraudsters are continuing to target taxpayers with scam emails, texts and calls following the deadline for submission of Self-Assessment returns for 2020-21.  In fact, over the last year, HMRC received […]

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Beware online sales scams

A new government press release has been issued reminding the public that online sales scams continue to be a major issue. In fact, 2021 saw a record number of cyber-attacks and […]

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Beware tax deadline scammers

Fraudsters are continuing to target taxpayers with scam emails in advance of the 31 January deadline for submission of Self-Assessment returns. In fact, over the last year, HMRC received more than 846,000 reports about suspicious HMRC contact. A

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Alexander Accountancy Burton upon Trent warn of SCAMS that look like official especially for self assessment

Official Looking Letter SCAMS!

Have you received letters from Register of Companies and Businesses? There are a wave of letters coming out from Register of Companies and Businesses that sound like, and we believe try to […]

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