Tax Return

neverindebtagain

I was made br in dec 2008, I received today a tax return, I havent been self employed since October 06. I rang the tax office and they said I have it because I am br. I told them I am employed and have been while br and not self employed.
Anyone else experienced this.

dalip

Hi Nida:D
Hope you are well.
I had a couple of weird letters from the tax office during my bc,can not remember exactly what they were now:o but i remember thinking "what the hect is this all about". Then filing it away in some draw or other:D. Sorry can not help more.Dx

neverindebtagain

Yes good, over half way now for me, husband has done 4 months, both of us are with RTLU now.

I rang the tax office today and they said that I have to fill the tax return in and print off the supplementary pages as I am employed. What i cannot understand is why because surely they will know what I have earnt, I have searched the forum for anyone else experiencing this but cannot find anything. I owed them 660 pounds from when I was self employed in 2006, but that was added to my creditors list. Does anyone know if I am opening up a can of worms sending this back or is it routine.

dalip

"bump" anyone answer this please!

neverindebtagain

Thanks Dalip.

Any advice most welcome, surely I cannot be the only one to ever receive one in bankruptcy. Can I just ignore it or should I tell OR.

Pammybun

Funnily enough we got loads of tax returns for ages afetr we had stopped being self employed. I had phned the tax office repeatedly to tell them we were not self employed but were now both employees and paying PAYE.

Surprise surprise the returns kept coming and eventually I just showed on in another envelope and said on it "stop sending these things - as you will see from your records we are PAYE and have been for the last two years."

That did the trick (i hope)

Pam

neverindebtagain

Did you have anything written on the top of yours, something like b4 year, couldnt really read their writing. At first the tax office couldnt understand why I had received it, then when I said that was at the top he said that as I am br I have to complete it. But I am not self employed and I told him that, I employed and have been since oct 06. What should I do?

merlin1

i was self employed when i went bankrupt in 04 - was allowed to keep my business as it was only 3 months old and v small! i started full time employment in oct last year, so have had to fill in a return this year obviously due to half a year of being s/e. sounds like they may have confused your dates!

i would fill in the s/e anyway, 0 earnings from self employment, x amount from employment? at the same time call and write to your local tax office and inform them when your s/e ceased again.

usually this is a case of left arm not speaking to right arm ime,

JCS1

As well as self employed and directors, HMRC also pick so many thousand 'normal' PAYE employees to do tax returns - just in case they pick up on something.

skylight

Don't ignore it, whatever you do!! HMRC will issue you with a fine come Jan 10 and its not returned!!

HMRC send out tax returns for a number of reasons, but also just because they can; your BR is probably a coincidence. Are you on a nil tax code??

neverindebtagain

I was on nil tax code from dec 08 to april 09, now I am back to normal and having tax deducted. I received a letter ages before going br to say that I did not need to fill tax returns in anymore, they knew I had ceased being self employed and that I was now employed. I have printed off the supplementary pages for employment, I take it I just put the figures from my 08-09 earnings, send it back to them and will that be the end of it. Still a little unnerved as to why I got it.