Simple Assessment, despite being a paper-based system, is part of the government’s Making Tax Digital programme. The goal is for HMRC to use information that it already holds to produce the income tax ...

Matthew is an award-winning journalist, specialising in savings, tax and insurance. The number of 'simple assessment' tax bills sent by HMRC has doubled since income tax thresholds were frozen, with ...

HMRC launches its new Simple Assessment for tax this month. But as you might expect, the new system is anything but simple. If you didn't have it marked in your diary, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) ...

The following are three simple assessments that any golfer can do without the help of a pro to assess themselves and identify areas of weakness or lack of mobility within their swing. With proper ...

Thousands of savers may be at risk of overpaying tax after His Majesty's Revenue and Customs sent them follow-up bills when some tax had already been paid. Earlier this year, the tax office sent ...

Some taxpayers may be receiving an HMRC letter in the coming months, it has been warned. The letters, known as Simple Assessment Letters or Tax Calculation Letters, are typically sent out between June ...

When actress Olivia Munn revealed in March that a breast cancer risk assessment started a path to her doctors detecting an aggressive type of breast cancer, Munn’s story illuminated an important tool ...

Anytime the Government announces it is simplifying something you can pretty much guarantee things are about to get more complicated. Now HMRC’s new ‘Simple Assessment’ for tax has come under fire for ...