More than 170,000 miss out on £800 HMRC tax rebate due to ‘problematic' system
HMRC issued over 1.7 million cheques last year
www.independent.co.ukI don’t have live access to pull in the very latest updates right this moment. Based on recent reporting, there has been ongoing coverage about HMRC cheque payments and uncashed refunds, including discussions of a large number of £800 tax rebates issued by cheque that were not cashed, and efforts to shift more refunds to bank transfers. If you’re referring to a specific “900 HMRC cheque,” the most notable recent topic has been the £900 cost-of-living payments in earlier years and the broader issue of uncashed HMRC cheques, rather than a current, singular “900 HMRC cheque” program.
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- Uncashed HMRC cheques: Reports indicate hundreds of thousands of cheques (£800 average per person, totaling about £144 million) were not cashed, prompting discussion about the transition to faster bank transfers.[3][4][8]
- Transition to digital payments: HMRC has been moving refunds away from cheques toward bank transfer as the default method, with cheques still issued in some cases but gradually less common.[3]
- Consequences of uncashed cheques: If a cheque is not cashed within a timeframe, it can expire or require replacement, which has been a point of emphasis in coverage.[3]
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