HMRC issues 80% more penalties for tax return mistakes
Some of the penalties issued in 2021/22 are likely to be for mistakes made in returns filed during the pandemic
HMRC has handed out 80% more penalties for “careless errors” made by taxpayers in their tax returns, with 89,317 penalties issued in 2021/22, up from 49,701 in 2020/21, according to law firm Pinsent Masons.