Reminders to Pay Income Tax

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Hello everyone,
Is everyone else who files a self assessment tax return getting endless reminders to pay???
I filed mine in early November 2022 and owe £300. I have it set up to be paid by BACS on 18/1/2023.
But I have had a stream of email reminder messages and texts reminding me (imploring me?) to pay.
I know the government are short of money but I am getting a bit annoyed with this!!
It is not due until 31/1/2023.
Does the government pay any of it bills early? I don't think so!!!!!
Is everyone else who files a self assessment tax return getting endless reminders to pay???
I filed mine in early November 2022 and owe £300. I have it set up to be paid by BACS on 18/1/2023.
But I have had a stream of email reminder messages and texts reminding me (imploring me?) to pay.
I know the government are short of money but I am getting a bit annoyed with this!!
It is not due until 31/1/2023.
Does the government pay any of it bills early? I don't think so!!!!!
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I used to own a small business. I would get harassed by HMRC to pay my tax bill. They would send emails AND a letter in the post that would arrive after we'd already paid. Irritated by this I complained about the waste.
Much to my surprise I got a reply. They were quite candid and said that the database software they used was decades old and had no field to allow them to mark whether a tax bill had been paid or not, so they sent reminders to everyone. They stated that this resulted in 22 million (yes, really, 22 million!) reminder letters being posted out every year, many of which were unnecessary. I did ask how much this cost but they wouldn't say!
They don't know you intend to pay next week etc.
My point was that they send out multiple reminders by email and letter post even after you have paid. What a waste of paper, ink and postage costs.
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