By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthen Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The taxman at HMRC has issued a warning to taxpayers regarding the latest tax refund scams.
These scams

Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. Website – www.philevans.co.uk
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A national daily newspaper recently printed an article in which eight ‘celebrities’ revealed the Top 10 things in life they find most irritating.
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By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
 
HMRC has announced that it has saved the public more than £2.4m by tackling fraudsters that trick them into using premium rate phone numbers for services that HMRC provide for

A brand new musical will premiere in Llanelli in August.
Age of the Geek is being staged at Llanelli’s Selwyn Samuel Centre from Thursday, August 9, to Saturday, August 11.
Age of the Geek is based on the book and lyrics by Elliot Alldridge, with

Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. Website – www.philevans.co.uk
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There’s a popular train of thought (which is regularly delayed because of over-running engineering work in the Severn Tunnel) that we’re living in

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
 
The taxman at HMRC has confirmed that the tax gap for 2016/17 has fallen to 5.7%.
The ‘tax gap’ is the difference between the tax that should theoretically be paid