when to submit my self Assessment tax return?
Self-Assessment tax return can be submitted as soon as the period for a particular tax year ends. For example:
- The tax year starts from 6th April of one year to the 5th April of next year.
- You can submit your Self-Assessment tax return for that particular year in consideration, the next day it ends i.e from 6th April.
What is the deadline for submission of self-assessment tax return?
The submission of the self-assessment tax return varies on whether one is submitting a paper-based tax return or doing it online. The last date to submit a paper based self-assessment tax return is by 31st Oct after the tax year ends.
On the other hand, the deadline for the online filing is 31st January following the end of the tax year.
What is the penalty if I submit my self-assessment tax return late?
In case the submission for the self-assessment tax return is late, you can get a letter for payment of the penalty for £100 from HMRC.
If there is no action taken by you after getting this penalty letter from HMRC within three months, another penalty of £10/day would be added on for the next three months which raises the penalty up to £900 making a total of £1000.
In case no payment is made to HMRC by you, a further penalty of either £300 or 5% of the tax owed (whichever is higher) will be applied if the submission is 6 months late, and then again at 12 months.
Fines in addition to penalty for the late submission of self-assessment tax return
Here is the table which can show the time no action has been taken by you for submission of the self-assessment tax return and the fines put on it by HMRC in addition to the penalties mentioned above.
| Late Payment | Penalty |
|---|---|
| 30 days late payment | Your tax bill, plus an additional penalty of 5% of what you owe |
| 6 months late payment | The above, plus 5% of that amount |
| 12 months late payment | The above, plus a further 5% of that amount |
If I can’t afford to pay my self-assessment tax bills what should I do?
Yes! If you are having a problem with your self-assessment tax bill payment, you can have a payment arrangement. This is basically a payment plan where you are allowed to make affordable monthly payment to HMRC.
If I can’t afford to pay my self-assessment tax bills what should I do?
Yes! There is a way where you need reasonable grounds
to appeal for the self-assessment tax return penalty. Although HMRC is quite strict on what penalty they have sent and what has been counted. Its highly on HMRC to look into this and see the grounds on which it has been appealed. It could be some serious illness, suffered bereavement close to the deadline. or you’ve had serious IT problems.
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