Advisers see growing evidence of tax worries among clients

Cost-of-living crisis sees clients struggling to pay tax bills

Sahar Nazir
clock • 1 min read

Financial advisers expect to see a rise in clients using the HMRC’s Time to Pay (TTP) scheme, and in HMRC’s use of bailiffs, according to Premium Credit.

More than half (54%) of advisers cite the cost-of-living crisis as one of the main three reasons why clients are struggling to pay their tax bills. This was followed by 50% who said clients have seen their revenue fall, and 49% who cited personal circumstances of clients such as divorce. Just over half (55%) of advisers said HMRC sent a bailiff or enforcement officer to their clients' firm's premises to identify goods for seizure because a corporation tax bill was overdue. At least 73% expect this to continue over the next five years. The TTP scheme allows eligible businesses extra...

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