HM Revenue and Customs

Councillor Karen Oliver, chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s neighbourhood services committee, has welcomed the illegal tobacco and disposable vapes raids.

Thousands of bootleg cigarettes and illegal vapes seized

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Early benefit and pension payments for millions ahead of Bank Holiday

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

Claims for tax credits must be renewed each year, otherwise the benefit could be stopped.

Millions urged to check for letter from HMRC or risk losing thousands

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Parents warned to check child benefit or risk £100 fine and tax charge

Final furlough figures

One thousand still furloughed when support ended

Chancellor Rishi Sunak initiated the furlough scheme at the start of the 2020 pandemic.

Hundreds off furlough in Hartlepool as support scheme winds down

You could be eligible for up to £125 if you have been working from home due the pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions still eligible for £125 tax refund for working from home - how to claim...

More come off furlough scheme

Scores of Hartlepool workers come off furlough

Furlough numbers fall

500 come off furlough in Hartlepool

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Over 2,000 on furlough as support winds down

Have you checked if you're eligible for the payment? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to claim up to £125 tax relief if you have been working from home due to Cov...

Childcare cash

More in Hartlepool sign up for childcare help

13,000 helped by furlough scheme

13,000 in Hartlepool helped by furlough scheme

6,000 fall from Tees Valley company payrolls

Over 6,000 disappear from Tees Valley company payrolls
More than 6.000 employees in Tees Valley and Durham have dropped off company payrolls during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Lockdown sends furlough numbers up

One in ten Hartlepool jobs have been furloughed

More than one in ten jobs in Hartlepool furloughed

The Hartlepool area does over £1bn worth of business with Europe

Warning over Hartlepool area's £1bn EU trade

House sales in Hartlepool generated £5m in stamp duty last year

Hartlepool's £5m stamp duty bill

Construction workers made the most claims for Government help during the virus crisis

Help for self-employed hits £4.5m in Hartlepool

Millions have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Up to 27,000 employers wrongly claimed furlough money - here's how to report you...

Thousands of teenagers are expected to enjoy a windfall this month, as Child Trust Funds begin to mature (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to check if you’re due money from a Child Trust Fund - and how to find a los...

If you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Your benefits could be paid early this month - here's why

Government loses £2.4bn in fuel revenue due to lockdown

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Latest Hartlepool furlough figures revealed

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

How to sign up for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme
The Government has unveiled details of how pubs and restaurants can sign up for its new Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
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The government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was recently extended by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the important deadline date for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

Easter weekend is shortly approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could alter slightly (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your benefits could be paid early in April 2020

If you’re a regular recipient of tax credits, you might have noticed that your payment has gone in earlier than usual in March 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your tax credits were paid early in March 2020

High earners could be stripped of 40 per cent of their pension tax relief in next month’s budget (Photo: Shutterstock)

High earners face cuts to pension tax relief in the new budget - here’s how it c...

Are you sure you're on the right tax code? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions of people are overpaying on tax - here’s how to make sure your code is ...

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This is when Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credit will be paid over Ea...

Durham University's Palatine Centre

Revenue warning to students over fake tax refund offer

St James's Park was raided by tax officials in April.

Newcastle United await High Court ruling over documents seized by tax officials

Tax-Free Childcare is designed to allow more parents to get back to work.

10 things every parent should know about Tax-Free Childcare

Burniston's haul.

See the Â£1.8million cigarette haul that landed one man in jail

Court of Appeal in London.

Cannabis conspiracy man fails in appeal court bid to have sentence cut

The contraband cigarettes.

Pair caught with nearly 800,000 contraband cigarettes could face jail

A drug farm run by David Noble.

Jailed drug dealer's failure to realise tax man and police share information was...

Managing director Heather ODriscoll with head of tax and newly-appointed director George Hardey.

Tax expert George joins board at growing Hartlepool firm

Will O'Reilly holding a selection of suspected tobacco. Picture by FRANK REID

'˜Tab houses': Investigators find booming illegal tobacco trade in Hartlepool

Buying a pair of flip-flops was one of the more expense claims revealed by HMRC.

Revealed: Top 5 worst tax return expense claims

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