Scam referrals rise warn HMRC

HMRC is warning people to be wary of bogus tax refund offers in the wake of the self-assessment deadline.

The January self-assessment deadline may now be a distant memory to many.

However the tax authority says that fraudsters often target self-assessment taxpayers in the months following their self-assessment submission.

More than 11.5 million self-employed people submitted a tax return by the January deadline (though over a million missed it).