Overview
- HMRC and the Treasury announced the £11.18 million funding package this week, with the three-year programme running from April 2027 to April 2030.
- Charities and community advice organisations can apply on GOV.UK and must submit bids by July 3, 2026, with successful groups to be named later in 2026.
- The grants are aimed at helping people who are digitally excluded, have complex personal circumstances, or struggle to complete tax returns, and recipients will work with HMRC’s Extra Support Team.
- HMRC says the increase more than doubles the previous fund of about £5.5 million and follows a year in which grant-funded partners helped more than 43,000 customers between April 2025 and April 2026.
- HMRC highlighted a case where advisers helped a self-employed woman complete overdue returns and secure the removal of late penalties, and the extra funding is intended to stabilise that kind of local support and reduce tax debts for vulnerable households.