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Filing deadlines: December 2021

14 December     Corporation tax third quarterly instalment payment for very large companies with annual taxable profits exceeding £20m (reduced if company is a member of one or more 51% groups) with an accounting period beginning on 1 April 2021 19 December     PAYE cheque payments for the month ended 5 December should reach HMRC by this…
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HMRC staff unlikely to manage increased tax debt

With the UK’s tax debt more than double pre-pandemic levels, current staffing at HMRC is unlikely to be enough to manage the increased tax debt workload warns National Audit Office (NAO) A report by the NAO states that even though HMRC intends to recruit 1,000 full-time staff in 2021-22 to tackle debt collection, the tax…
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31 October deadline for paper self assessment tax returns

HMRC is reminding taxpayers to check that they have the correct information in order to complete their paper self assessment tax returns by the month end deadline. The deadline for 2020/21 paper tax returns is 31 October 2021 for those completed on paper forms and 31 January 2022 for online returns. While the end of…
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HMRC debt and enforcement

HMRC is ramping up action against tax defaulters while the end of the winding up ban at the end of September will be a shock for some businesses protected by pandemic measures. As lockdown measures have relaxed, HMRC has restarted debt collection activities with taxpayers. It will initially focus on activities relating to collecting debts…
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Covid-19: HMRC issue briefing on collecting tax debts

HMRC have issued a briefing setting out their approach to collecting tax debts and customer support as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. The briefing sets out: •what HMRC will do when a customer has a tax debt; •the extra support that has been put in place for customers; and •what action HMRC will…
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