Self Assessment Filing Errors: Twelve That Generate the Most HMRC Correspondence
Introduction Most HMRC letters about a return aren’t enquiries. They’re mismatches. HMRC now receives data from employers through payroll, from banks, the Student Loans Company, contractors under CIS, the Child Benefit system, the Capital Gains Tax property service and overseas tax authorities, with crypto platforms joining next year. When a return doesn’t match that data, […]
Self Assessment Tax Returns UK: A Practice Workflow for Surviving January
Introduction It’s the third week of January. A partner is preparing a return she should be reviewing. A tax senior has forty files marked “waiting for client” and another thirty marked “ready for review”, and nobody has had time to look at either pile. Everyone agrees next season will be different. For most practices, January […]