Help calculating tax

jennifernil

Despite sending in his paper return in good time, and checking it was received, OH still has not had his bill from HMRC, only a demand that he pays what he is due by the end of the month.

He THOUGHT he had kept a copy of the return, but cannot find it. I have the actual figures here, but cannot remember exactly what he entered.

So my question is.......do I round down income......round up expenses.........round up tax deducted? Or should I use exact figures everywhere?

fengirl_2

Round down income, round up expenses and round up tax deducted on investments.

jennifernil

Do I round up the tax deducted on his earnings and pensions too?

And can i assume that his claim for double taxation relief will be approved? (he has income from Norway, some of which has been taxed in Norway)

jennifernil

Well..........unbelievably we have heard from HMRC yesterday (Monday) and they say OH is entitled to a £1500+ refund!

On studying their figures more closely, it appears they have NOT counted in his foreign earnings, but HAVE included the foreign tax he paid on them!

So....what to do.......

Eventually, on his third attempt, OH did get to speak to a human being.

Oh yes, it's right she said........but what about the foreign income said OH?

Ah, said she, that is not something i deal with.
So she put him through to the appropriate department (hooray! progress! )

The guy there had some details, but not all. He needs to pass it to someone else. By which time any demand they send will be after 31/01.

So should I just wait? OH NO!! You must pay what you are due!

But............I was not sure, I asked you to calculate, I submitted before 31/10.

Doesn't matter, you need to pay up or we will fine you and charge interest.

Now, (hoping not to offend too many) I CAN calculate the tax, but many would not be able to.

What are they supposed to do? IMHO this is a scandalous situation. People make their returns in good time, but HMRC cannot work it out in time.

It's just not right!

chriiiiiiiis

HMRC's SA calculations are never wrong.

Something has either been omitted from the return, or it's they've made an error when inputting the data.

Best be on the safe side and pay what you know is due. Overestimate slightly too.

Chris.
Advocates filing online.

Cook_County

It is most probable that the employment income has been omitted or the foreign pages have been wrongly completed.

Given that this is a self-assessment, the taxpayer should repair the return. This will of course lengthen the enquiry window, so it would have paid to have had the return professionally reviewed before filing.

jennifernil

Nothing was omitted from the return.

I now have a copy of the forms submitted (my husband did eventually find where he had put them) and can see that all income was returned correctly, all employment pages (two) are correct, foreign pages correct, additional information supplied where requested, everything was completed with careful reference to the notes supplied.

Whoever put the figures into their system has not included the foreign income.

I will pay exactly what I have now calculated as I can see from their figures that I am doing it correctly.

It is however more than a little worrying that they can make such a basic error, and still insist that the onus is on the taxpayer to pay the correct amount.