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HMRC plan for more agent-dedicated phone lines

HMRC will soon be introducing agent-dedicated lines to more of their Contact Centres, offering a specialised service for agents and tax advisers.

Agents can contact HMRC regarding a client's personal self assessment tax affairs, partnership matters, PAYE for individuals issues or tax credits claims, by using Agent Priority and Dedicated Lines. All HMRC Taxes Contact Centres that deal with personal self assessment and PAYE for individuals offer either a priority or dedicated line for agents and there is a nationwide number for agents dealing with tax credits claims.

Over the next few months, HMRC be replacing the priority lines with dedicated lines to improve the service they provide to agents and advisers. The switchovers are expected to take place on the following dates:

Contact Centre	Agent Dedicated Line number	Start date
Cardiff	0845 366 7880	Tuesday 8 July 08
Bootle	0845 366 7895	Thursday 10 July 08
Manchester	0845 366 7855	Tuesday 15 July 08
Belfast	0845 366 7896	Thursday 17 July 08
Portsmouth (inc. Bournemouth)	0845 366 7852	Tuesday 22 July 08
Sunderland	0845 366 7823	Thursday 24 July 08
Livingston	0845 366 7837	August
Newcastle	0845 366 7834	August
Peterlee	0845 366 7854	August
Liverpool	0845 366 7857	October

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Sarah is a Chartered Tax Adviser. She has been writing professionally since joining CCH Editions in 1998 as a Senior Technical Editor, contributing to a range of highly regarded publications including the British Tax Reporter, Taxes - The Weekly Tax News, the Red & Green legislation volumes, Hardman's, International Tax Agreements and many others. She became Publishing Manager for the tax and accounting portfolio in 2001 and later went on to help run CCH Seminars (including ABG Courses and Conferences).

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