Self Assessment Advice - So confused

geministar2008

Hi

Ok i owe a whopping £70 odd quid from 11-12.... no idea how anyway i havent filed a tax return for the 2 years. due to my naivety and not even being self employed. largely been on employment and support allowance or some part time work, i just didnt file it as thought it would work itself out via my tax code etc.
Anyway just paid £200 fine 2 weeks ago for filing late on 2 years. Funny thing was i have gone on a Debt Relief order and the £70 odd was included in the Debt Relief order, so again as i was arranging that. I didnt pay the tax owed as that would be deemed in favour of one debt than another and the DRO would not of gone through. Anyway thats another matter.

I spoke to HMRC and explained that i have largely been extremely ill over the last couple of years and have been naive in terms of filling a form and to be honest have no clue what im doing most the time due to medication. She advised to file the return for this dammed £70!! and then appeal the fine and i should get in back on the grounds of my health.

So i have now attempted to do this online. but my god am i confused, i have done 2011 - 2012 but ive done it wrong. I keyed in the figure of earnings for the year and commented in the box the jsa figure and clicked through the pages - i didnt see any actual section for JSA and have submitted it without filling in the JSA box!!! EEEKK what will happen? I dare not fill in 2012 - 2013 in fear of getting into a great deal of bother. All of this is far too much for me. Its like a foreign language. I asked if they could do it on the phone with me - they couldnt. Im not self employed and havent been. This is all for a £70 sum.
Its really worrying me - ive paid 2 fines through my own naivety and illness just letting the time go by and thinking it would sort itself out. When do i need to get all this done by before i get another fine?
For 2012 -2013 i think i was on Employment Support allowance right through, but i can find no documentation for this. Should i just estimate by benefit for the entire year in question and key that in? But where does it go? i cant find a section its all about earning and assets and all is irrelevant to me.
What happens if i think ive done it wrong? AS in i didnt see where to key in the JSA figure, but i mentioned it in a comment box. The outcome was no tax owed for 2011 - 2012 - which i know as i earned pennies.

Please help as its really upsetting me as i know nothing about any of this.

Thanks everyone.

geministar2008

just realised where it is its under state benefit but said eg incapacity benefit - which wasnt what i was after. Stupid me. What do i do can i call them and say i have done it wrong? Really worried

zygurat789

geministar2008 wrote: »

Hi

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So i have now attempted to do this online. but my god am i confused, i have done 2011 - 2012 but ive done it wrong. I keyed in the figure of earnings for the year and commented in the box the jsa figure and clicked through the pages - i didnt see any actual section for JSA and have submitted it without filling in the JSA box!!! EEEKK what will happen? I dare not fill in 2012 - 2013 in fear of getting into a great deal of bother. All of this is far too much for me. Its like a foreign language. I asked if they could do it on the phone with me - they couldnt. Im not self employed and havent been. This is all for a £70 sum.
Its really worrying me - ive paid 2 fines through my own naivety and illness just letting the time go by and thinking it would sort itself out. When do i need to get all this done by before i get another fine?
For 2012 -2013 i think i was on Employment Support allowance right through, but i can find no documentation for this. Should i just estimate by benefit for the entire year in question and key that in? But where does it go? i cant find a section its all about earning and assets and all is irrelevant to me.
What happens if i think ive done it wrong? AS in i didnt see where to key in the JSA figure, but i mentioned it in a comment box. The outcome was no tax owed for 2011 - 2012 - which i know as i earned pennies.

Please help as its really upsetting me as i know nothing about any of this.

Thanks everyone.

Just amend the return on the screen and resubmit.

geministar2008

it wouldnt let me. Something about it being for a year that should have already been done. I have wrote them a letter, as i have grounds for appeal for the fine for medical reasons. So i have explained that i believe i have unintentionally not filed one of the years correctly, ive included the figure in the letter and proof from p60s etc etc. Will post monday. Not as worried as i was yesterday. Thank you