equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Still working on it...
Tax return blues - would a bit of solidarity help?
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iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
All paid! I'd like to steer that to more nurses and doctors, plz.
Question: I think I notified HMRC that I ceased all self employment a couple of years ago. However they have emailed me several times to say that I haven't done my tax return. Do they know something I don't or are they just making a mistake? I don't know what to do. I am 100% PAYE.
equationgirl
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I would double-check with them. Or do a tax return based on your single income source.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Finished mine on Friday, and the system says I'm due a rebate as my expenses have gone up (I don't claim through work).
Which is nice.
Which is nice.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
as equation girl said. You could spend a couple of hours on the phone trying to get through to them, or you could just copy your P60 details onto the tax return on line and submit it. Do you get a P11D though? (non-cash earnings like health insurance)
Yeah I don't know where mine is. Could be in my emails as payslips are electronic now.
equationgirl
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Hands up anyone who thinks that showing a p60 for employee earnings proves to the revenue that you don't have any other income? No, that doesn't work. If you no longer meet the criteria to complete tax returns it's your job to notify them. If you haven't notified them by 31-1 then you will most likely have to go through (and most likely lose) the late filing appeal process.
Also - you can amend a tax return for up to a year after it's filed. File first, refine later.
Also - you can amend a tax return for up to a year after it's filed. File first, refine later.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Spent two days doing my taxes..............realised I’ve done next fucking years
on the upside I don’t need to do next years...down side, still got this years to untangle
upside I paid a shit load of random wrong category tax last year so it should theoretically go against this years
if it helps I got two years ahead of myself last year to sort out a mortgage
next return 2022
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
I was prepped this year and submitted ages ago, but had to pay it this week, ouch. Still, I like having hospitals and schools, so it's all good.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
It's certainly not the paying it I object to - it's the damned form, and remembering where all the information I need is. Can't they just trust me to send them an amount we'll agree is reasonable?
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
Yeah, i can feel that. I might have to do my own return next year, which I'm not looking forward to, had an accountant the last few years but likely can't justify it in the future.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Mine is done and filed.. it’s wonderful that HMRC still haven’t paid me the corporation tax rebate that I’m owed, we are now on the 3rd promised payment date and 3 months later than promised but I have to pay my tax and tax on account or get fined- fuckers!
luckily I can afford to pay but imagine there are many who can’t
luckily I can afford to pay but imagine there are many who can’t
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Tell me about it.
It's only light outside between 11.07am and 1.33pm, the Celebrations are all gone, my family no longer smile indulgently if I begin drinking before noon, bob_jr's already cried in frustration twice at basically having to educate himself now and we're only on day 4.
What can I do to cheer myself up?
I know - I'll spend a day hunting for information about bank account interest and water rates that, for the seventh year in a row, I have still failed to keep in a sensible, easily accessible place. Then fill in a big form about it.
It's only light outside between 11.07am and 1.33pm, the Celebrations are all gone, my family no longer smile indulgently if I begin drinking before noon, bob_jr's already cried in frustration twice at basically having to educate himself now and we're only on day 4.
What can I do to cheer myself up?
I know - I'll spend a day hunting for information about bank account interest and water rates that, for the seventh year in a row, I have still failed to keep in a sensible, easily accessible place. Then fill in a big form about it.
Q about gift aid, please? In the "tailor your return" section, I ticked the "have you given to charity?" box as yes.
But of course I don't remember the bits and pieces I gave, other than a couple of standing orders I have, where I imagine I would have ticked the gift aid box.
I didn't have any self-employed income, or certainly not above the £1000 threshold to declare. My tax paid through PAYE would be enough to cover any gift aid, and I don't expect anything back either.
Does that mean that the question about charitable giving is irrelevant to me, and I should therefore tick no? Or do I put the figure of the standing orders I have? (And is this a new thing? I can't recall this from previous years?)
But of course I don't remember the bits and pieces I gave, other than a couple of standing orders I have, where I imagine I would have ticked the gift aid box.
I didn't have any self-employed income, or certainly not above the £1000 threshold to declare. My tax paid through PAYE would be enough to cover any gift aid, and I don't expect anything back either.
Does that mean that the question about charitable giving is irrelevant to me, and I should therefore tick no? Or do I put the figure of the standing orders I have? (And is this a new thing? I can't recall this from previous years?)
Leafster
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I always find this bit of the Tax Return a bit "messy" when I'm preparing them for clients. Just like you, they often give money to charities but a) they don't always keep detailed records of it, and b) don't always know if they agreed for the donations to be gift-aided.
The two main reasons this section is on the Tax Return is to ensure that the giver has paid sufficient income tax to cover the amount recoverable by the charity and to give higher rate tax payers tax-relief at the higher rates.
My approach has always been to identify the donations that have definitely been given with gift-aid and then only to include the total of those on the Return. So my advice to you is to only include the standing orders if you're sure you've agreed they are gift-aided and to ignore anything else.
This section has been on the Return for many years but it's possible the way you are guided through the Return if you do it online has changed and it's now more visible.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
this is the last fucking thing I want to have to do, even though all I need to do is just enter my PAYE details from when I was on PAYE, add in the 5 grand I earned the whole rest of the year, click send and they should actually give me a load of money (since the PAYE was far too high)
even given that, I've put it off until this time
even given that, I've put it off until this time
prunus
Tick tock.
If you don't have records of your gift aid giving you should leave the sections blank, ie say no to the did you give to charity section. You already attested that you paid/will pay enough tax to cover the extra 25% when you made the donations.
If you do, and you earn enough to hit the higher rate then you can get tax relief on your gift aid donations. If you don't reach the higher tax rate it is moot and it's easier to just say 'no' to the whole section.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
This bit always bugs me and it's made me just start saying no I don't want to do gift aid, whenever I'm asked...so that I can just tick 'no' on the form and not fret about it any further.
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