HMRC says that a ‘record breaking’ 11.1m taxpayers beat the 31 January tax return deadline but 958,000 missed the cut off date.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has warned that a HMRC glitch could mean Marriage Allowance claims have been wrongly calculated.

The parent company of Transact, the platform used by many Financial Planners, has been hit with an unexpected £4.3m VAT bill from HMRC which could also see the company having to pay an additional £1.4m a year in VAT.

As the Self Assessment tax deadline looms on 31 January, HMRC has issued the top 10 excuses and questionable expense claims taxpayers have tried to use for failing to meet the deadline.