Help with your tax
Help with your tax
Worried about a letter you’ve received from HMRC? Not sure where to turn? We can help!
If you’re on a low income and cannot afford professional advice, we can help! Call us on 0345 120 3779 or use the contact form below to send us an email.
We can help with:
- Completing your self assessment tax returns
- Appealing against late filing penalties
- Explaining your PAYE code and tax taken from your wages
- Explaining a letter or bill from HMRC
- Explaining what you need to do when you start self employment
- Dealing with tax debt owed to HMRC
Call us on 0345 120 3779 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm or use the form below:
We also have lots of useful information on our webpages – a good starting point is here.
Contact form
It can take up to 14 days before you receive a reply from us – so if you are able to we suggest that you call our helpline for tax queries.
If it is difficult for you to use the phone(because of a disability or health condition or because you are overseas) please explain this before setting out your query.
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