HMRC asks customers to be ‘alert’ as tax scams on the rise
In the 12 months to 30 April 2021, HMRC responded to more than 1,154,300 referrals of suspicious contact from the public. More than 576,960 of these offered bogus tax rebates
HMRC has warned that tax credits customers should be “alert” to potential scams as the authority responds to more than one million referrals of suspicious contact in the last year.