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Tax credits claimants who wish to authorise a tax adviser to deal with HMRC must complete a separate form 64-8, HMRC said, if the authority was not specified on ‘the original form 64-8’.

Tax credits claimants who wish to authorise a tax adviser to deal with HMRC must complete a separate form 64-8 HMRC said if the authority was not specified on ‘the original form 64-8’.

Self assessment agent authorisations had been accepted for tax credits but a separate form is now required ‘to protect customer data’. A paper form 64-8 must be used for all tax credits authorisation requests. ‘At this time you can’t use the online authorisation process for tax credits ’ HMRC said. See www.lexisurl.com/mm3b0.

The ICAEW Tax Faculty said it did not know that HMRC was about to make this change. The Faculty was disappointed that it had done so ‘just at...

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