UK Government May Give HMRC New Powers to Seize Money Directly from Bank Accounts

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HMRC already has statutory Direct Recovery of Debts powers, introduced in 2015, allowing it to recover established tax and tax-credit debts directly from bank and building-society accounts under safeguards. Therefore, the claim is misleading if it implies these are merely proposed new powers. A 2026 government consultation discusses possible lower-value debt collection measures, but it describes the existing direct-recovery power as already in force.