11.5 million made the 22/23 tax return deadline

HM Income and Customs (HMRC) has disclosed that 11.5 million people filed their self evaluation tax returns for the 2022 to 2023 tax yr by the midnight deadline on January thirty first.

An estimated 12.1 million taxpayers have been anticipated to submit their tax returns and settle any excellent tax liabilities.

Amongst those that fulfilled their tasks earlier than the deadline, a complete of 778,068 managed to beat the clock and finalise their submissions on deadline day.

On January 31 2024 32,958 individuals left it actually late submitting their tax return between the hours of 11pm and midnight with 61,549 submitting between 4pm and 5pm which was the busiest hour on deadline day.

Myrtle Lloyd, HMRC’s Director Normal for Buyer Companies, mentioned:

“Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of Self Evaluation clients and brokers who met the deadline. Anybody who has but to file and is worried that they can’t pay in full might be able to unfold the price of what they owe with a fee plan. Search ‘pay your Self Evaluation’ on GOV.UK to seek out out extra.”

Over 1,000,000 miss the 22/23 SA deadline

In keeping with estimates roughly 1.1 million people failed to satisfy the deadline for submitting their 2022/23 tax returns which is a rise of missed tax returns from the 21/22 tax yr.

A late tax return often results in an preliminary and automated penalty of £100 with the potential of additional fees if the tax return stays late by greater than three months and late fee curiosity in case you owe HMRC earnings tax by way of SA.

In case your tax return is late you must act as shortly as potential to both cancel it in case you don’t have to submit one or submit it.

HMRC will help in case you owe earnings tax by way of self evaluation and are struggling to afford it with a time to pay association price contemplating.

You may enchantment late 22/23 self evaluation penalties

When you have an excuse that HMRC deems affordable for submitting your 22/23 tax return after the deadline you may make an enchantment for HMRC to evaluation.

HMRC will solely take into account a late penalty enchantment after your tax return has been submitted or cancelled through which case any penalties are often revoked mechanically.

Prepare for the 23/24 tax yr

In case you are needing to submit a tax return for the 23/24 tax yr you can begin preparing for it now.

HMRC allow you to ship in your 23/24 tax return from 6 April 2024 so in case you can submit your tax return sooner than 31 January 2025 deadline you must take into account it.

For people who will owe HMRC you can even make use of the HMRC finances planner which let’s you pay tax for the present tax yr earlier than the tax yr truly ends.