{"id":2049,"date":"2025-06-05T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:07:31","slug":"hmrc-third-party-debt-collectors-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/hmrc-third-party-debt-collectors-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC &amp; Third-Party Debt Collectors &#8211; What You Need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve received a letter or phone call for one of the following companies, read this before you pay anything:<br><br><strong>Advantis Credit<br>CDER Group<br>Bristow &amp; Sutor<br>Past Due Credit Solutions<br>Moorcroft Debt Recover<br>LCS (Leeds)<br>ResolveCall<\/strong><br><br>These are third-party debt collection agencies acting on behalf of HMRC. While they may seem official, They often lack the most current information &#8211; and they frequently add extra fees on top of what you actually owe. <br><br><strong>Our advice? Don&#8217;t engage with them<\/strong><br>Instead contact HMRC yourself or even better, speak to us first. We&#8217;ll help you check what&#8217;s really owed and guide you in paying HMRC directly (without unnecessary fees or pressure).<br><br>Taking time to verify the details is often wiser than making a rushed payment to the wrong source.<br><br>Reach out today if you&#8217;ve been contacted  &#8211; we&#8217;re here to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve received a letter or phone call for one of the following companies, read this before you pay anything: Advantis CreditCDER GroupBristow &amp; SutorPast Due Credit SolutionsMoorcroft Debt RecoverLCS (Leeds)ResolveCall These are third-party debt<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/hmrc-third-party-debt-collectors-what-you-need-to-know\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}