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Is HMRC "Pay by bank account (new)" legitimate and safe
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sheramber said:The linked article does say if you don't want to pay that way you can pay another way.
BACS still available according to this https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/bank-details1 -
I paid by this new method in the middle of December, and received an immediate email receipt from HMRC.
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I had to authorise the payment. I don't think the bank would allow Ecospend to take funds from my account without authorisation from me. If they did, they would have to reimburse me.0
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kulath said:Just that there is no evidence that Ecospend is a trustworthy company. I am just saying that that I expect rather more evidence that they are trustworthy than a two or four man company with minimal assets.
https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0010X00004KSo9HQAT
Not sure what more you need than FCA regulated.
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It's not a scam, it's a brand of Starling Bank. It uses an API to link HMRC to your bank to collect the tax.
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