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Freddie Goodwin.
Well-known member
The 'payments on account' are based on the tax you paid for the previous year. If you know that you have not done that well in this current year (ending in April) then do your return early and those payment on accounts will be adjusted - you only pay tax on profits. You don't have to wait until next January.
Freddie Goodwin.
Well-known member
You don't get a fine for paying late, but you will be charged interest. The fine is for doing the return late. Some people get the fine and don't even have tax to pay, which is poor on them. You can get time to pay, if reasonable, and often it's best to set up a Direct Debit & pay throughout the year.
Rowdey
Well-known member
Pretty shit.. Christopher Lunn anyone ?
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
Just snipped this off the HMRC Intranet
Wonder how many of them were last 2 weeks of January - about 50% I'd guess, maybe more ....
Wonder how many of them were last 2 weeks of January - about 50% I'd guess, maybe more ....
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
Bit more posted on the intranet today:
SA returns - 2017 in numbers
* 11.6 million SA returns due
* 10.76 million returns received by midnight on 31 January (92% of total issued)
* 9.57 million returns filed online (89%)
* 1.19 million returns filed on paper (11%)
* 769,000 returns received on 31 January alone
* More than 74,000 SA customer webchats in January and more than 24,000 webchats on the Online Services Helpdesk
* On 31 January alone, advisers answered more than 114,000 calls on the Taxes Helpline, 18,000 on the Online Services Helpdesk and 10,000 on the Debit Card Payment line.
SA returns - 2017 in numbers
* 11.6 million SA returns due
* 10.76 million returns received by midnight on 31 January (92% of total issued)
* 9.57 million returns filed online (89%)
* 1.19 million returns filed on paper (11%)
* 769,000 returns received on 31 January alone
* More than 74,000 SA customer webchats in January and more than 24,000 webchats on the Online Services Helpdesk
* On 31 January alone, advisers answered more than 114,000 calls on the Taxes Helpline, 18,000 on the Online Services Helpdesk and 10,000 on the Debit Card Payment line.
1.19m still filed on paper?! I haven't filed a paper return for any of my clients for years.
Unless it includes those for offshore companies etc which HMRC still require a bloody paper form from (why?). But I doubt they're included in the figures.
Unless it includes those for offshore companies etc which HMRC still require a bloody paper form from (why?). But I doubt they're included in the figures.