HMRC runs out of paper, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without tax reminder letters
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HM Revenue and Customs has admitted it ran out of paper, leaving it unable to send out hundreds of thousands of reminder letters to people owing tax payments.

HMRC was due to send out millions of reminder letters to those who owed monies to be paid by July 31. But several hundred thousand people have still not received the reminders after HMRC officials failed to order enough paper on which to print the letters.

Officials apologised for the error and insisted that no one would be left out of pocket as those who did not receive reminders would be given an extra 30 days to pay without incurring interest charges.

It is understood that officials failed to increase the paper order in line with an unexpected rise in the number of statements being issued this year.

An HMRC spokesman said: “Due to exceptionally high demand this year we are experiencing delays in sending paper self assessment tax statements to

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