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HM Revenue and Customs

Claims for tax credits must be renewed each year, otherwise the benefit could be stopped.

Millions urged to check for letter from HMRC or risk losing thousands

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Nadhim Zahawi remains a Cabinet minister despite revelations that he required to pay a penalty for underpayment of tax (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA)

Tax chief adds to Sunak's woes over under-fire minister – Scotsman comment

Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi must resign after paying a hefty penalty for underpaying tax (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Zahawi must resign or disillusionment with politics will grow – Scotsman comment

The future of Worcester Warriors looks very bleak.

Worcester Warriors crisis: Company that holds players' contracts is wound up

RBS urges people to be way of unsolicited phone calls, texts or emails asking for personal or bank details. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

More than half of students targeted by scammers, with Edinburgh among hotspots

Isa tax-free accounts allow you to save £20,000 a year, and your savings will grow free from income tax. Picture: Adobe Stock

Smart Money: The best ways to grow your savings free from paying income tax on t...

Any gains made from assets held in a stocks and shares Isa are made completely free of income tax, dividend tax and capital gains tax

Ask Jenny Ross: Will I face a big capital gains tax bill if I decide to sell sha...

Make sure you know what all the property jargon means before buying a house for the first time. Pic: Donald MacLeod.

Property jargon explained – a guide for first-time buyers

If you only own one property, and live in it all your life, you don’t pay any tax on the profit you make

Ask Gareth Shaw: Will my capital gains tax bill will be so high I can’t afford a...

Everyone has an annual gift allowance of £3,000 per tax year.

Staying alive is the name of the game when it comes to gifting money - Gareth Sh...

Have you checked if you're eligible for the payment? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to claim up to £125 tax relief if you have been working from home due to Cov...

How to claim two years' tax relief for home working - Martin Lewis

Lynn Gracie and Stuart Petrie of Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the accountancy and business advisory firm.

Firms warned to act now as taxman ramps up investigation activity

The UK Government has been warned of 'significant disruption' at borders, even with a Brexit trade deal in place

UK trade with EU faces 'significant disruption' even with Brexit deal

Millions have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Up to 27,000 employers wrongly claimed furlough money - here's how to report you...

Thousands of teenagers are expected to enjoy a windfall this month, as Child Trust Funds begin to mature (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to check if you’re due money from a Child Trust Fund - and how to find a los...

Government loses £2.4bn in fuel revenue due to lockdown

The government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was recently extended by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the important deadline date for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

The Institute of Directors has its Scottish headquarters in the centre of Edinburgh.

Business leaders call for urgent clarification over 'conflicting' Covid-19 advic...

Easter weekend is shortly approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could alter slightly

Easter 2020 benefits payment dates: why Tax Credits, Child Benefits, PIP and Uni...

Beware: Lockdown offers a way in for all kinds of scammers

Your pension may not be as badly affected as you feared. Picture: PA

Don’t succumb to the climate of fear about finances – get advice

Fraser Wishart expects footballers to be covered by the government's plan to pay 80 per cent of the wages of employees affected by the coronavirus crisis. Picture: Gary Hutchison/SNS

Fraser Wishart says government’s wage support could be ‘game changer’ for Scotti...

The amount of National Insurance you pay as a zero hours contractor depends on how often you’re paid and how much your earn  each time

Gareth Shaw: Am I overpaying National Insurance?

If you’re a regular recipient of tax credits, you might have noticed that your payment has gone in earlier than usual in March 2020.

Why tax credits were paid early in March 2020

Tax crackdown prompts Edinburgh buy-to-let landlords to admit non-payment

Sports Direct to pay national minimum wage to its employees

Jacqui Smith: Former home secretary joined KPMG. Picture: Getty

SNP hits out at ministers joining accountancy firms

Tax avoidance: Name and shame tax dodgers, say MPs

Think-tank warns of benefits ‘incoherence’ as 200,000 opt out of child benefit

£10bn lost to fraud in tax credits system ‘not fit for purpose’ says IDS

Chancellor promises £2bn a year blitz on tax avoidance

With powers to change tax comes the responsibility to pay costs, MSPs told

Neil Patey: It needn’t be Armageddon for Scottish football – if clubs live withi...

Administrator says Rangers’ final tax bill nearly £95m

Ally McCoist ‘on verge of quitting Rangers’ - report

Many firms break Iran sanctions

Failed printer accused of 'invoicing fraud'

Shetland storms and UK taxes prove no man is an island

'Father of 36' is jailed for £80,000 child-benefit scam

Britain forks out £100,000 for the names of 100 known tax dodgers

Stamp Office flitting with Registers opens door for new one-stop shop

25 million reasons they're in trouble

Loss of identity

Act now or miss out on HMRC's offshore tax amnesty

Don't board directors' loan gravy train

FSB complains over tax advert

The Scotsman Top Stories

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Ministers must 'return to drawing board' on short-term lets policy

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SNP hunt for new £95k-a-year chief executive after Peter Murrell's resignation

Musicians David Foley, Josie Duncan and Cammy Barnes launch The Reeling festival in Rouken Glen Park. Picture: John Devlin

Stage set for new festival in one of Scotland's biggest public parks

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