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Main line with UTR prompt
Thank you for calling Pennington Hale Accountants. If you're calling about your Self Assessment return, please have your Unique Taxpayer Reference to hand. For bookkeeping and VAT, press one. For payroll, press two. For anything else, please hold and the next free member of the team will pick up.
January
Deadline season
Thank you for holding. January is our busiest month. If you've already sent us your paperwork, there's no need to call: we'll be in touch before the 31 January deadline.
Fraud
HMRC impersonation
A reminder from [Practice name]: if someone calls claiming to be from HMRC and demands immediate payment, hang up and call us before you do anything.
Payroll
Payroll cut-off
For payroll changes this month, please email [email address] by the [day] so we can include them before the payroll is submitted.
Closed
Out of hours
You've reached [Practice name] outside office hours. We're open Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:30. Leave your name, your number and your client reference, and we'll call you back.