stamp duty late pay

gillypoof

hi,
i have bought a house. my solicitor is holding stamp duty fee.i could,nt find Nat insurance number to fill in stamp tax form..i have filled in appropriate form, requesting my nat insurance number.
now it seems unlikely to arrive in time....so i will be fined unless what?
can i instruct solicitor to pay anyway and send the rest of info { my Nat number} or ask for further time?
just wondering if anyone had been in similar position.

princeofpounds

1) Ask your solicitor
2) Ask HMRC - you can do a first anonymous enquiry, then if that is ok a personal enquiry
3) Don't hide your head in the sand.

I wouldn't imagine that an NI number is the most critical piece of data for this transaction, as stamp duty isn't really linked to NI except perhaps helping them match up records internally. So they might tell you just to go ahead and pay it and send in a correction later, or they might give you an extension.

Also, your work probably has a record of your NI number, as might HMRC, that can be obtained only with a phonecall.

kingstreet

Your national insurance number is printed on your payslips, P60 and any correspondence with HMRC such as a tax code notice or SA form.

Richard_Webster

SDLT form has to be submitted within 30 days and the tax paid.

If certificate which is provided following submission is not available then title can't be registered so if my client was getting a mortgage I would have insisted on the form being completed before I even exchanged in order to protect the lender's position..

A passport number and certain other document numbers can be used as alternatives if the NI number cannot be found. Solicitor should have asked for NI number when he was first instructed.