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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, column 730W, on taxation: self-assessment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people are not charged by copycat websites for services that are offered free by the state.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2014, Official Report, column 730W, on taxation: self-assessment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people are not charged by copycat websites for services that are offered free by the state.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) takes customer confidence in their online services very seriously. Ministers have asked a cross-Government group, at which HMRC is a participant, to work with industry experts to mitigate the risks posed by copycat websites to customers.
HMRC's extensive online services are best accessed by typing this address:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
directly into an internet browser.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will meet Google to discuss the profits that company makes from copycat websites which charge for the tax return service and appear above Government department and agency websites in search results; and if he will highlight to them the importance of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will meet Google to discuss the profits that company makes from copycat websites which charge for the tax return service and appear above Government department and agency websites in search results; and if he will highlight to them the importance of...
HMRC takes customer confidence in their online services very seriously. Ministers have asked a cross-government group which HMRC is part of to work with Google to try and mitigate the risks posed by copycat websites to our customers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the prevalence of copycat websites for tax returns; and what steps he is taking to inform the public about such websites.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the prevalence of copycat websites for tax returns; and what steps he is taking to inform the public about such websites.
HMRC takes the security of customer data very seriously. The Department is aware of 'phishing' attacks that invite customers to submit their personal and financial information via websites purporting to be HMRC and, once reported, HMRC works with the hosting providers to remove such sites. HMRC also employs an industry leading anti-phishing service, which proactively searches for fraudulent, HMRC branded, websites and removes them. The dovetailing of these two approaches to phishing websites has enabled HMRC to remove well in excess of 1,000 fraudulent sites.
In addition to phishing sites there are a number of websites which offer services such as the submission of a tax return on behalf of an individual for a fee, often HMRC software will enable a customer to undertake the action themselves free of charge.
HMRC takes action to review reported websites offering services to customers to ensure that there is no infringement on brand and disclaimers are placed within the website to identify that there is no affiliation to HMRC. While such websites are not operating illegally, information within HMRC’s online security pages at:
https://www.hmrc.gov.uk/security/advice.htm
provides advice to our customers to be vigilant of such websites.