Tax
returns Who needs to complete
One ?
- self employed people
(including members of a partnership)
- company
directors
- ministers of religion
(any faith)
- people who get rent or
income from land and property in the UK (but if you
are an employee and this income is less than £2,500
a year a tax return may
not be necessary)
- people who have other
untaxed income and the tax due on it cannot be
collected though a PAYE tax code
- people with taxable
foreign income, even if they are not normally
resident in the UK (this includes non-resident
landlords)
- anyone who receives
annually (or can be treated as receiving) income
from a trust or settlement, or any income from the
estate of a deceased person, and further tax is due
on that income
- trustees and personal
representatives (including people who manage the
tax affairs of deceased persons)
- trustees of certain
pension schemes
- names or members of
Lloyd's
- employees and pensioners
with more complex tax affairs - see
below
Remember, if you
have any income that is not taxed at source, like rents or
freelance earnings, you may need to complete a tax
return.
Employees and pensioners with complex tax
affairs
You need to fill in
a tax return if you:
- have an annual income of
£100,000 or more
- have annual income from
savings or investments of £10,000 or more (before
tax)
- claim against tax for
expenses or professional subscriptions of £2,500 or
more
- have untaxed income of £2,500
or more (although some pensioners may be able to pay
the tax on this through their PAYE tax
code)
- owe tax at the end of the
year that cannot be collected through a change to your
PAYE tax code for the following year
If you are 65 or
over, HMRC may ask you to fill in a tax return so that they can
work out how much higher personal allowance or married couple's
allowance you should get.
Capital
gains
You may need to
fill in a tax return if you have 'capital gains' (profits from
the sale of certain assets) worth more than the annual exempt
amount (AEA). For the tax year 2008-2009 this is £9,600. You
may also need to complete one if you've disposed of (eg sold or
given away) chargeable assets worth over four times the
AEA.
How to
get a tax return
If you've not received a tax return
but think you should complete one contact your Tax Office. Your
employer or pension provider will have details of this, or you
can search online.
You can ask for a tax return at any
time - for example, if you want to claim a particular tax
relief or exemption. Depending on your circumstances you may be
sent a short four-page return, or the full return. You can
complete the full tax return online.
If you
receive a tax return do you have to complete
it?
Yes - even if you pay all your tax through PAYE. A tax
return is sometimes required for other reasons, for example to
check if the correct tax has been paid overall. So if you are
sent a tax return, you must fill it in and send it back even if
you believe that you have no extra tax to pay.
Key
dates in the tax year
If you send in your tax return late,
you will have to pay a fine, and possibly interest on any tax
you owe. So it is important to know the deadlines:
- 31 October is the deadline for
sending in your paper tax return if you want HMRC to work
out how much you owe (if you file online your tax is
calculated automatically on-screen)
- 30 December is the deadline for
filing online if you want HMRC (if possible and when you
request it) to collect tax you owe under £2,000 through
your PAYE tax code
- 31 January is the final deadline
for sending in your tax return online
- 31 January and 31 July are the
deadlines for paying your tax
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