HMRC Tax App Released
HMRC have released an app, available on iOS and Android, for taxpayers. This app includes a news feed from HMRC and a calculator to allow employees to check their expected take-home pay.
If you have an account with the Government Gateway, the app will also allow you to check the following information about your tax affairs:
• your current tax code
• your National Insurance number
• your Unique Tax Reference (UTR)
• an estimate of the tax due for the current year
• the next 12 tax credit payments due to you
You will also be able to do the following actions that would previously have required a form to be submitted by post or on a computer.
• renew tax credits
• provide updated information affecting your tax credits
• update your address
• claim any refund due
• track forms and letters sent to HMRC
• access your Help to Save account.
Finally, the app can be used to generate 6-digit access codes to increase the security of your Government Gateway login.
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This makes total sense in terms of going paperless and making things easier for the general public to access the tax information they need and process what they need to online and most importantly, on time!