Is there a quick way to fill out a tax return instead of leaving it to the last minute and then to panic?
Answers: Take it to an independant accountant, you will save his fee plus a whole lot more.
Keep all your records up to date. Get into the habit of doing your books weekly if possible. When your tax return arrives, don't just put it away and risk forgetting about it. Keep it where you can see it. Get all your information together then aim to complete your return either on paper or on-line by July. It's supposed to be quicker and easier on-line, but we always preferred to use the form, photocopied it, then took both copies in to the local tax office. We handed in the original and asked for the copy to be date-stamped as our proof of when the return was handed in.
Whichever method you choose, be methodical and complete your return as early as possible
I know exactly how you feel..
Start a file now and as you receive relevant information during the year, such as notification of dividends, P60, details of bank interest or whatever, just put it straight into the file. Steel yourself to get on with doing your tax return sometime before 31 January.it'll save you months of having the task 'hanging over you'.
Best of luck!
I don't think Steven F has answered for the UK, where I think your question is based.
UK tax returns are always issued on 6th April, unless you have previously filed on-line, when a notice to file is issued instead, and should be submitted by January 31st.
Keep all your relevant paperwork in one place, where you can find it easily. You do not tell us why you get a Tax Return. If you are, say, a company director, under PAYE, you can complete return as soon as you get forms P60 and P11D. If you are self-employed, it might depend on all sorts of things, and you may need longer.
People start sending back Tax Returns during the 2nd week of April. The tax office can't always process them until the end of April, as the software to do it isn't put on screen until then by the powers-that-be. The policy these days is to encourage taxpayers to file on-line. Although certain tax office checks are made after this, it is less tax office labour intensive.
An accountant friend of mine (who is obviously on the other side of the fence) says that the period 6th April - 31st January is plenty long enough to do self-employed accounts, and the Return. People are just not motivated enough to do it. They all file at the last minute, and that's why the system crashed, like this year.
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