HMRC have advised us that fax is no longer considered a secure means of communication for certain documents, including the SA302.

The HMRC update reads:

“Following changes to the Government Security Classifications fax is no longer considered a secure means of communication for certain documents. HMRC will no longer be able to provide copies of SA302 (otherwise known as the Tax Calculation) or the Tax Year Overview by fax, due to the type and level of customer information they include.

We have notified the Council of Mortgage Lenders members who will be cascading this message to other lenders and brokers so they should no longer be requesting faxed information.

We will continue to provide copies of the SA302 by post if requested. However we would appreciate it if you could encourage your members to use the self-serve option: sa302-tax-calculation for mortgage applications. The following lenders have told HMRC they will accept self-serve documents

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