HMRC slammed for banning credit card payments
Posted on 09 Oct 2013
HMRC slammed for banning credit card payments
Less than three weeks before the deadline for submitting, and paying, self-assessment tax returns HMRC is to stop accepting credit card payments. A European directive being introduced on January 13 will ban all companies, including HMRC, from charging customers a fee for using Mastercard and Visa credit cards, but the government is extending this to all credit cards and digital payment services; corporate and business credit cards will not be affected. HMRC has previously taken about £12m a year in commission – passed on to the credit card companies.
Source: The Times (09/12/2017)