This year, 3,275 took a break from mince pies and charades to fill in their self-assessment forms, HMRC said
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While most households spent the holidays feasting and visiting relatives and
Friends, others apparently decided
Christmas was the season to catch up on admin, with 22,000 Britons filing self-assessment tax returns during the yuletide break this year.
The latest data from HMRC indicates that on Christmas Day, 3,275 people took a break from eating mince pies and watching the Mrs Brown’s Boys special to disclose their latest earnings.