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Gizmo
06-04-2011, 08:14 PM
Got all set to file my self assessment and the online service is currently unavailable grrr grrr and treble grrr :angry: :angry: :angry:
Alibali
06-04-2011, 08:23 PM
Same here:(
TheBTeam
06-04-2011, 09:25 PM
Glad i decided to leave it till friday to try then!
MaryMary
06-04-2011, 09:35 PM
Glad i decided to leave it till friday to try then!
Me too! Friday, 27th January 2012!!! :laughing: :laughing:
Alibali
07-04-2011, 04:22 PM
All done :-)
Gizmo
07-04-2011, 07:05 PM
All done here too :littleangel: just need to pay the bill now :panic:
MrAnchovy
07-04-2011, 10:16 PM
Me too! Friday, 27th January 2012!!! :laughing: :laughing:
:laughing: ... on a serious note, if you are putting dates in your diary and you are planning on transferring money from your bank in the normal way then you will have to do that on Thursday 26 January 2012 so that it clears on Tuesday 31st - HMRC cannot accept Faster Payments Service payments that go through the same day.
Me too! Friday, 27th January 2012!!! :laughing: :laughing:
me too :laughing: :laughing:
Alibali
08-04-2011, 11:13 AM
All done here too :littleangel: just need to pay the bill now :panic:
I've set up a direct debit budget plan so it's payed over 9 months, still a lot more to pay than last year though:( I haven't even earned much more, couldn't have spent as much I suppose - all that saving for Florida:D
Chatterbox Childcare
08-04-2011, 02:36 PM
:laughing: ... on a serious note, if you are putting dates in your diary and you are planning on transferring money from your bank in the normal way then you will have to do that on Thursday 26 January 2012 so that it clears on Tuesday 31st - HMRC cannot accept Faster Payments Service payments that go through the same day.
I do mine by debit card on the 31st and it instant on the account.
MrAnchovy
08-04-2011, 06:51 PM
It goes instantly from your account Debbie, but it doesn't get to HMRC for 3 working days as it says here (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payinghmrc/selfassessment.htm#6).
They may have waived the interest in the past if it was a small amount 3 days late, but there is no guarantee they will in the future.
Chatterbox Childcare
08-04-2011, 10:17 PM
It goes instantly from your account Debbie, but it doesn't get to HMRC for 3 working days as it says here (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payinghmrc/selfassessment.htm#6).
They may have waived the interest in the past if it was a small amount 3 days late, but there is no guarantee they will in the future.
No but it shows up as dated the 31st Jan because that is when the system has the money approved and the bank sets it aside
MrAnchovy
09-04-2011, 04:30 PM
Are you saying that it shows on your statement from HMRC as dated the 31st Jan? That is not what usually happens.
Chatterbox Childcare
10-04-2011, 01:49 PM
Are you saying that it shows on your statement from HMRC as dated the 31st Jan? That is not what usually happens.
Yes because I use their bill pay service
MrAnchovy
10-04-2011, 07:15 PM
Yes because I use their bill pay service
Well yes, but the official line on that (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payinghmrc/selfassessment.htm#6) is "A BillPay payment takes three bank working days to reach HMRC."
HMRC don't always say what they mean or mean what they say of course :rolleyes:
rickysmiths
10-04-2011, 07:22 PM
I do mine by debit card on the 31st and it instant on the account.
I have always done mine like this Debbie and the same in July and I have never had the slightest problem. IR acknowledge receipt of the payment and I have never been charged interest or a fine. The only time I was fined was last year when I paid on 31st Jan but didn't file my Tax Return. It was filed in June and they refunded my fine and I didn't even ask for it, it just appeared as a credit on my account. :thumbsup:
If they did not accept this then we would all have to pay 4 or 5 days early which makes the 31st deadline pointless. My Accountant has never said there is a problem doing it the way we do.
Chatterbox Childcare
10-04-2011, 08:13 PM
Well yes, but the official line on that (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payinghmrc/selfassessment.htm#6) is "A BillPay payment takes three bank working days to reach HMRC."
HMRC don't always say what they mean or mean what they say of course :rolleyes:
The money doesn't get to the HMRC for 3 days but when it gets there it shows as 31.01 or 31.07.
MrAnchovy
10-04-2011, 11:53 PM
Thanks for the details :)
karen_liz2
25-04-2011, 10:17 PM
I started April 27 last year and not sure how to go about doing my taxes and what I can claim for please.:panic:
Thank you
Karen