If you were one of the many expecting tax refunds then you will be wondering where it’s got too recently. Recent news has stated that there has been an error on the HM Revenue and Customs tax form on the website that rejected all of the entries it received, this means that no one was able to pay their tax or claim anything back that they are owed.

This issue can be very serious for the people who are relying on claiming tax back this year to be financially stable. An accountant from Kent, Sue Hitchcock reported the problem as her company prepares tax returns for over 700 clients in the construction industry who are eligible for them. This problem has put her own company under threat as she stated that 40 of her customers are owed a tax return, with a total amount reaching around £100,000 between them. She is suffering financially as her clients are not paying her until they receive their refund which has been put on hold until the problem is resolved.

That’s just one person that has come forward to be suffering from this lack of management by the HM Revenue and Customs online technical support, the glitch lies with just a single text box on the actual form itself.

If you have been chasing your tax return you can expect to be waiting until they look into the problem and fix it, be sure to use a tax rebate calculator to ensure that you receive all of the money that you are owed. You would hate to be waiting around for your refund to find out that it is still incorrect and you have to go through the process all again.

The companies and individuals that use commercial self assessment software were not affected as the problem was only with HM Revenue and Customs own software.