Written Question·Treasury·UIN 127016

Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HMRC issues to third-party debt collection agencies acting on its behalf to recover debts subject to (a) an active dispute or (b) an unresolved fraud investigation.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC does not place tax debts that are either in an active dispute or part of an unresolved investigation with debt collection agencies (DCAs). If a taxpayer communicates to a DCA that their debt is part of an active dispute, which could include being par...

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