MYSTERIOUS: 14 | Mind Blowing Facts

HMRC worker ordered to pay £20,000 after refusing to return to office after lockdown

Tribunal found ‘no medical reason’ why Martin Bentley could not return to office after pandemic

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

MPs ask HMRC to explain child benefit error that froze payments to parents

Answers demanded after 23,500 families wrongly suspected of fraud when incorrect data showed they had left UK

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

HMRC gave a refund from my tax account to fraudster making repayment claim

I was in credit but HMRC handed £2,500 over to someone impersonating me on the phone, and says I’m in debt

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

Woman turned away from UK-Italy flight due to ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic seizure – but HMRC said she took a one-way trip

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025

UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’

Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

The rise of the AI accountant: Cheaper. Faster. Riskier?

Taxfix recently conducted a survey of people who file Self Assessment tax returns in the UK and found that 59% plan to use AI tools to help them complete their returns ahead of HMRC’s 31 January deadline.

TechRadar · Oct 29, 2025

HMRC pauses child benefit crackdown after 23,500 families caught up in data error

Parents say they were treated as fraudsters because Home Office travel records failed to show their return to UK

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

HMRC froze 23,000 families’ child benefit over incomplete travel data

One mother saw her child benefit stop after a trip lasting less than 24 hours

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025

HMRC cuts child benefit for 23,500 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin

Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025