HMRC writing to one million households about free payments

NewsCost Of LivingHMRCHuge numbers of people may be owed cash14:02, 20 Aug 2026HMRC letters will be arriving.HMRC is contacting around a million workers from August around money they may be owed.‌Letters will be delivered to homes across the country.‌It relates to people who could be entitled to money because of the way their workplace pension was previously taxed, known as a Low Earner's Pension Payment.‌READ MORE: Andy Burnham cutting payments for 3 million pensioners born before 1960READ MORE: Andy Burnham new bank account rules to hit households with over £10,000 savingsThe payment is designed to correct a long-standing difference that meant some workers on lower incomes missed out on pension tax relief because of the type of workplace pension scheme their employer used.‌People potenti