Making Tax Digital Deadline and Cheques

Making Tax Digital Deadline and Cheques

From Money Box by BBC Radio 4

August 8, 2026 · 25 min

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The episode discusses the upcoming deadline for self-employed individuals to report income under Making Tax Digital, issues with the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and updates on bank fraud reimbursement policies.

A deadline approaches for 860,000 self-employed people and landlords who must start reporting their income and expenses in a new way. It is called Making Tax Digital and it affects small businesses with a turnover or gross income above £50,000 a year. They have until 7th August to report their income and expenditure to HMRC. What do they need to know? It is “unacceptable” that the government has refused to commit to bringing the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme back in-house. That’s according to PCS Union, which says a rare joint committee hearing in Parliament this week highlighted the “catastrophic failures” of the scheme, leaving many members facing “unacceptable delays, errors and distress” when trying to access the pensions they have worked their entire careers to earn. The Cabinet Office, which has overall responsibility for the scheme, says immediately terminating the contract would cause more problems and severely disrupt the pension payroll, jeopordizing the financial security of hundreds of thousands of public servants. How are rules which make banks reimburse victims of fraud going? A new report evaluates the first year of Mandatory Reimbursement. And…

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Host: Paul Lewis

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Organizations: PCS Union, Cabinet Office, HMRC

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