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Over 1.3 million individuals have been hit with end-of-year tax demands from HMRC(Image: georgeclerk via Getty Images)<\/p>\nThe number of people receiving end-of-year tax demands from HMRC has soared to over 1.3 million, with experts warning the figure could reach 2 million as the personal allowance freeze continues to affect state pensioners<\/p>\n
James Rodger Content Editor<\/p>\n
12:21, 06 Jan 2026<\/p>\n
Over 1.3 million individuals have been hit with end-of-year tax demands from HMRC(Image: georgeclerk via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Over 1.3 million individuals have been hit with end-of-year tax demands from HMRC<\/a>, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by LCP partner Steve Webb, which has highlighted a significant increase in those affected.<\/p>\n The FOI reveals that during the 2023\/24 financial year, over 1.3 million people received such demands, nearly double the figure from just two years prior. A large proportion of these are for relatively minor amounts, with nearly a quarter being for less than \u00a3100, though almost a quarter exceed \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n These bills impact those who have fairly straightforward tax affairs (thus not requiring a tax return) but where there is no PAYE<\/a> code available to collect the tax due on their income. An example would be a state pensioner whose pension exceeds the tax threshold and therefore owes tax, but who doesn’t have a private pension<\/a> and hence no PAYE code.<\/p>\n The freezing of the personal tax allowance has triggered this surge, with the number leaping from 758,000 in 2022\/23 to 1,321,000 in 2023\/24. (It should be noted that self-assessment demands for 2024\/25 are issued during 2025\/26, so final figures for 2024\/25 are not yet available).<\/p>\n