Gisela Stuart MPWorking hard for Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton

Have you been issued with an incorrect tax code? // September 3rd, 2010 // Constituency News

The independent production company, Nine Lives Media, are carrying out research for a BBC Panorama commissioned programme:  Are you Paying the Right Tax?

NLM state that the July report from the National Audit Office on HM Revenue 2009-2010 accounts, highlighted the 18.2million backlog of cases revealing that around half these cases are likely to involve an underpayment or overpayment of tax and that these may lead to repayments and recoveries in the order of £3 and £1.4 billion.

The programme will look at how and why so many incorrect tax codes were sent out in January, meet people who were affected, and try to identify groups who might be in for a surprise when correct codes are finally correctly calculated and demands for payments are sent out.

NLM are extremely keen to talk to people who have been affected, with the assurance that they would only broadcast details of a particular case if they had full consent of the people involved.

As well as typical cases of people affected by the tax code errors, NLM are also interested in hearing of more unusual or extreme cases of lives being affected by HMRC errors.

Gisela said:

“If you have been affected by wrongly issued tax codes, please could you contact me direct.  I am happy to pass on your details to Nine Lives Media with your consent, but would also be interested to hear from constituent’s about their experience with the Inland Revenue.”

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