How does HMRC refer to tax years?

eskbanker

uknick said:

Not sure where the confusion is, the actual self assessment tax return at the top right says;

"Tax Return 2023

Tax year 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023 (2022–23)"

Looks like they covering all their bases 

But doesn't that '2023' relate to when the document that needs to be completed, rather than referring to the tax year itself, which is then defined in the conventional format....

uknick

eskbanker said:

uknick said:

Not sure where the confusion is, the actual self assessment tax return at the top right says;

"Tax Return 2023

Tax year 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023 (2022–23)"

Looks like they covering all their bases 

But doesn't that '2023' relate to when the document that needs to be completed, rather than referring to the tax year itself, which is then defined in the conventional format....

Sorry, I should have said that's the online form which must be in by 31 January 2024.  Is the hard copy different with regard to the heading?  I assume not.

Mind you, why are we trying to make sense of HMRC communications, rules and regulations?  I'm sure greater minds than ours have spent years to understand them and failed dismally.