HMRC backflips on helpline closure announcements
HMRC has backflipped on this week's announcement that long periods of shutdown for self-assessment and VAT helplines,...
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One in five taxpayers are not satisfied with HMRC’s digital services despite the tax authority’s push to move all services online, while wait times to speak to an adviser worsened in February with nearly a third of callers waiting more than 10 minutes to speak to an adviser.
At the same time, call centre response times have worsened this month, with the average speed of answering a call worsening from five minutes 14 seconds to six minutes, 27 seconds, well above HMRC’s target five-minute waiting time.
Read more at the Accountancy Daily.