10,000 have tax debts cancelled
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PAYE fiasco: 10,000 have tax debts cancelled

Almost a quarter of those who appealed against last year’s shock tax demands from HM Revenue & Customs have had their tax debts cancelled, it has emerged.A Parliamentary answer by David Gauke, a Treasury minister, disclosed that 23pc of those who used the "extra-statutory concession" A19 were successful.

Nearly 10,000 people had their debt cancelled under the concession, despite Mr Gauke claiming in Parliament last year that it “does not apply that often in practice and I do not want people to build up their hopes that it will offer some kind of panacea”. A further 250,000 pensioners had already had their tax cancelled under the.....Read more HERE