There were 7.13m pensioners paying tax in the 2022/23 tax year, a 6% increase year on year, according to the latest data from HMRC.

IHT receipts for the government in January leapt to £639m, up 15% on the £556m received in January 2024, according to new HMRC figures published today.

People wanting to maximise their state pension by plugging gaps in their National Insurance record have contributed to a total of 68,673 years, worth £35m, since April last year, HMRC said.

More than 11.5m people filed their self-assessment tax returns on time but an estimated 1.1m people missed last Friday’s deadline, HMRC has said.

With less than a month to go, 5.4m taxpayers still need to complete and pay their tax self-assessment and avoid penalties, HMRC has warned.

A chess-playing fugitive fraudster who stole more than £750,000 in a tax and mortgage fraud faces an extra five years in prison for not paying back the money.

HMRC data published today has revealed that 40,072 people completed their tax return over the Christmas break with 4,409 submitting their returns on Christmas Day.

A sacked HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officer who abused her position to help her husband launder £3.3m of criminal money has been sentenced today.

HMRC repaid £44.3m to savers who paid too much tax when first accessing their pension between 1 July and 30 September this year.

Latest HMRC figures out today reveal that the total government tax 'take' jumped £8.9bn year on year in the latest five month period.

The number of cash ISAs increased 11% to 7.9m in the 2022/23 tax year but the number of Stocks and Shares ISAs fell, according to latest figures from HMRC.

An increasing number of families are being caught out by unexpected inheritance tax bills on gifts made less than seven years before death.

The number of people expected to pay dividend tax in the 2024/25 tax year has almost doubled since 2021/22, a Freedom of Information request from AJ Bell has revealed.