HMRC has updated their guidance on how to recognise when contact from HMRC is genuine and how to recognise phishing or bogus emails and text messages.
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Submit your Tax Return by 30th December if you want to pay your tax bill through your tax code
You can pay your Self Assessment bill through your PAYE tax code as long as all these apply:
- you owe less than £3,000 on your tax bill
- you already pay tax through PAYE, for example you’re an employee or you get a company pension
- you submitted your paper tax return by 31 October or your online tax return online by 30 December
Private Residence Relief changes
The government has published draft legislation for the next Finance Bill which includes draft clauses on the changes to Private Residence Relief (PRR). The draft legislation is subject to consultation which closes on 5 September 2019.
31st July 2019 Payment on Account Confusion!
The HMRC system did not correctly process all the payments on account information for 2018/19. As a consequence, some people may not receive the tax demands they expect by the end of July for their self assessment, even though a payment is due.
