Self-assessment tax dates query

If you submit on line then you can leave it till 31st Jan 2018.

The earliest you can submit a return is the beginning of the new tax year. I typically do mine in the Autumn following the end of tax year but forgot this year and got an emailed reminder mid January saying fines levied for returns submitted after the end of January.

I think providers of taxable benefits have to give you statements by July (?) and so no point in waiting much after this to get it out of the way.

BANJO - Bang A Nasty Job Off

That's right, but for paper filing (why would you?) it's the end of October 2017.

For 2016-17 my self-assessment will get submitted some time over the summer.

Thanks to all; it's more-or-less what I thought, but nice to have confirmation.

They have made the online system much more difficult to log on to, as they now want to send a code to a phone, which you then have to enter into their web site.

None of the banks that I have a/cs at do this, so why do the Inland Revenue?

To make it more secure? I'm sent a code by my banks when I change anything significant.

Sending something to a phone afterwards is different. You don't have to have a particular working phone at the time you log on.

if you haven't registered for the online tax return service (and you want to do it that way), don't leave it to the last minute (Jan 2018) cos getting the ids and logins set up can take a little while.....

The code is sent to allow me to make the change. No code, no way to make the change.

As far as I remember, it was optional to link your mobile number to your HMRC logon, unless things have changed now?

Which I keep trying to tell our bank doesn't work as we have no mobile coverage at home.

Do what I do to avoid a last minute panic.

Each year, I resolve to start doing my tax return as soon as the first piece of information arrives (usually one of several P60s), and then enter more as the others materialise. This way, the return is normally ready for submitting by around the beginning of July. This way, I can be confident that my login still works OK, and continues to do so.

In practice, I usually keep putting things off, and end up spending most of Christmas looking for all the bits and pieces that I have carefully put somewhere safe - then and panicking when I can't find anything. .

I have appaling mobile coverage indoors at home, so I use a Vodafone "SureSignal" device which gives me & SWMBO mobile phone coverage through the internet. I believe other operators offer something similar.

SMS messages can be delivered to PSTN lines (either as voice synthesis, or with suitably capable phones).

... and I've asked and they won't give me one.

Yes, I know that, but the bank doesn't! We have an SMS capable phone on our land line but *very* few organisations that want to send a text will send it to a land line number.

AIUI yes, it could be that it is because access is via the government gateway and other services are being made available.

If you want to change the number they test or call you have to ring up and advice your NI number or some such.

PITA id you don't have a good mobile signal.

I do make every effort to try and file P60s properly when they arrive. Fortunately these days the other data that I need is available online. I do like to make sure I have all the data in December and then do the return in early January in case there are any hiccups like the power cut I have just suffered.