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Government rewards hard work with record tax cut to National Insurance for 29 million workers

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Spring Finance Bill published to cut tax for working families and boost creative sector

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Marriage Allowance claims rose before the start of the new tax year.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) outlines plans to make £1.4 trillion in pension schemes work better for savers and the wider economy

• Updated: 23 February 2024

HMRC records a rise in the number of customers reporting 'suspicious contact' from fraudsters.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

11.5 million Self Assessment customers submitted their tax returns by the 31 January deadline

• Updated: 1 February 2024

Customers urged to submit their tax returns for the 2022 to 2023 tax year by the 31 January 2024 deadline.

• Updated: 23 January 2024

Self Assessment customers can set up a payment plan with HMRC to pay their tax bill.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

HMRC is reminding cryptoasset users to check if they need to do a Self Assessment tax return.

• Updated: 9 January 2024

27 million people across the UK will benefit from a yearly tax cut worth hundreds of pounds from today, meaning a household with two average earners will save nearly £1,000 per year.

• Updated: 6 January 2024

Self Assessment customers have less than one month to file their tax returns

• Updated: 2 January 2024

Thousands of customers filed their Self Assessment tax return on Christmas Day.

• Updated: 27 December 2023

HMRC will focus its Self Assessment helpline on priority queries from 11 December until 31 January. 

• Updated: 7 December 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Dame Judith Hackitt as the new interim Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), effective from 1 January 2024.

• Updated: 5 December 2023

Those who apply before the deadline could qualify for an extra £300 Cost of Living boost thanks to Pension Credit backdating rules.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

HMRC is encouraging Self Assessment customers to go online as it reveals the most common reasons customers call the helpline.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of around 11.5 million UK pensioners for the second year running.

• Updated: 25 November 2023

More customers than ever use HMRC's app to pay their Self Assessment tax bill.

• Updated: 15 November 2023

HMRC's online Marriage Allowance calculator tells couples instantly how much they could reduce their annual income tax bill by.

• Updated: 6 November 2023

Customers have just 100 days remaining to file their Self Assessment tax return for the 2022 to 2023 tax year.

• Updated: 23 October 2023