New tax payment dates

Treasury plans pay-as-you-go tax The Treasury is planning a pay-as-you-go tax model in a bid to tackle evasion by freelance workers, landlords and investors, reports the Times. The measures, which will make it harder for people to hide their earnings, are based on a system used in New Zealand. The move will see annual or twice-yearly manual tax returns replaced with a system that sees tax paid throughout the year. Taxpayers would be given a digital tax account that is automatically updated by banks, investment managers, workplaces and pension providers, with information about earnings, investments and pensions logged. The reforms will be at the centre of HMRC’s ten-year tax strategy and will play a part in efforts to recoup the £31bn the Revenue believes people are not paying in tax each year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak believes the pay-as-you-go tax model could prevent people from failing to declare major earnings, including interest on investments and offshore bank accounts.