http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/scams-growing-as-tax-deadline-looms-1804611.html http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/scams-growing-as-tax-deadline-looms-1804611.html <p> A record 83,000 scam emails offering fake tax refunds were reported to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in September. What’s more, use of the technique, known as phishing, seems to be growing in the run-up to the 31 October deadline for paper self-assessment tax returns, with an unprecedented 10,000 reports of the fraud made to HMRC on one day alone. </p> Tax Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:57 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/tax-refund-not-likely-1804201.html http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/tax-refund-not-likely-1804201.html ]]> <p>Have you been sent an email offering you a tax refund? It's the latest scam set up by crooks to steal your identity and empty your bank account. And the fraudsters are ramping up their efforts to trick us out of our cash.</p> Tax Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100