Even though national insurance has been under the control of Inland Revenue for over a year in 2000, forms authorising agents to deal with taxpayers’ affairs have not been recognised for national insurance purposes.
This anomaly has now been ended, as is reflected in the new form 64-8. When an agent has been authorised for national insurance purposes only, this change does not mean that the agent may also deal with other tax matters.
It should be noted that the new form 64-8 extends to all matters within the responsibility of Inland Revenue. This includes non-tax matters, so a general authorisation will allow the agent to deal with property valuation and national minimum wage matters, for example.
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