Revenue and Customs: Proof of Identity

(asked on 8th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards HMRC has in place to ensure the authenticity of digital signatures on paperwork provided by third-party businesses acting on behalf of their clients in exchanges with HMRC.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 15th January 2024

HMRC operates a risk-based approach to the verification of signatures upon receipt into their systems. Where there are reasons to doubt that the taxpayer has provided the signature themselves HMRC seeks assurances from the agent, intermediary or taxpayer directly to validate the authorisation and, if required, request further information about the processes that the agent uses to obtain authorisation and/or signatures.

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