Taxpayers are being warned they need to be alert to scams ahead of the 31 January Self Assessment deadline. In the last 10 months, HMRC received more than 135,500 reports of suspected scams. HMRC has ...

The typical amount owed to these taxpayers comes out at about £453 per person, according to the official alert, with many overpayments caused by simple mistakes such as being put on the wrong tax code ...