HMRC has issued a warning to Self Assessment taxpayers after more than 570,000 scams were reported in the last year.

At this time of year – in the period following the Self Assessment deadline – taxpayers are most at risk.

Typical scams involve texts, emails or calls either offering a ‘refund’ or demanding unpaid tax, thinking that they are genuine HMRC communications referring to their Self Assessment return. The scammers often mimic government messages to m...