Taxpayers ‘daunted’ by HMRC self assessment checks

Self assessment taypayers are wary of receiving letters about random checks to their tax status, finds the latest HMRC research into communications with the public

They described the prospect of being personally selected for a check as daunting and worried about the consequences of potential mistakes being uncovered, according to the latest HMRC qualitative research into reactions to random compliance checks.

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