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Self Assessment - payments on account...
mmunro2013
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Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 of £710.50
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 of £710.50
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
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Possibly.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
Are you looking at your Self Assessment calculation?
If so payments you have made are not part of that, never have been.
According to your tax calculation what is the total liability for 2023-24 (the bottom line after any tax deducted at source is factored in)?
Did you make a second POA for 2023-24 in July 2024 (for £575.90 or £575.91)?1 -
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.1 -
Hi, yes I am looking at my Self Assessment calculation. The line 'Total Income Tax Due'Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
Possibly.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
Are you looking at your Self Assessment calculation?
If so payments you have made are not part of that, never have been.
According to your tax calculation what is the total liability for 2023-24 (the bottom line after any tax deducted at source is factored in)?
Did you make a second POA for 2023-24 in July 2024 (for £575.90 or £575.91)?the amount is £1151.80. I didn't make a second POA payment as it didn't say I needed to
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You are getting very confused somewhere.mmunro2013 said:
Hi, yes I am looking at my Self Assessment calculation. The line 'Total Income Tax Due'Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
Possibly.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
Are you looking at your Self Assessment calculation?
If so payments you have made are not part of that, never have been.
According to your tax calculation what is the total liability for 2023-24 (the bottom line after any tax deducted at source is factored in)?
Did you make a second POA for 2023-24 in July 2024 (for £575.90 or £575.91)?
You cannot have a first POA of £710.50 for 2024-25 if your total Self Assessment liability for 2023-24 is only £1151.80.
Instead of feeding us information in dribs and deans why don't you just provide the full details from your calculation and associated explanation.
To be honest HMRC make this crystal clear, most people just seem to try and overcomplicate things and don't take in what is being explained in pretty clear terms!1 -
There’s something wrong here - misinformation! It can’t be a coincidence that £269.20 plus £1151.80 is exactly £1421 which would make the POAs £710.50.Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
You are getting very confused somewhere.mmunro2013 said:
Hi, yes I am looking at my Self Assessment calculation. The line 'Total Income Tax Due'Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
Possibly.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January of 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?
Are you looking at your Self Assessment calculation?
If so payments you have made are not part of that, never have been.
According to your tax calculation what is the total liability for 2023-24 (the bottom line after any tax deducted at source is factored in)?
Did you make a second POA for 2023-24 in July 2024 (for £575.90 or £575.91)?
You cannot have a first POA of £710.50 for 2024-25 if your total Self Assessment liability for 2023-24 is only £1151.80.
Instead of feeding us information in dribs and deans why don't you just provide the full details from your calculation and associated explanation.
To be honest HMRC make this crystal clear, most people just seem to try and overcomplicate things and don't take in what is being explained in pretty clear terms!Could it be that the POAs 2023/24 were each £710.50, a final liability of £1151.80 meaning £269.20 overpaid with each POA for 2024/25 being
£575.90?1 -
Wow! I am confused. I paid the £575.90 back in January 2024. 2023-4 tax return and payments complete. Now, tax return 2024-25 (which I submitted yesterday), The last page of my calculation looks something like this:[Deleted User] said:
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.
...'Total Income Tax due £1,421.00
Estimated payment due by 31 January 2025
You must pay the total of any tax and class 4 NIC due for 2023-24 plus first payment on account due for 2024-25 by 31 January 2025
This amount does not take into account any 2023-24 payments on account you may have already made
2023-24 balancing payment £1,421.00
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 £710.50
Total due by 31 January 2025 £2,131.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 £710.50'...
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So - as before. You pay today £1421.00 less the total of what should have been two payments on account payable in January and July 2024. Check your bank statements. That’s 2023/24 taken care of.mmunro2013 said:
Wow! I am confused. I paid the £575.90 back in January 2024. 2023-4 tax return and payments complete. Now, tax return 2024-25 (which I submitted yesterday), The last page of my calculation looks something like this:[Deleted User] said:
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.
...'Total Income Tax due £1,421.00
Estimated payment due by 31 January 2025
You must pay the total of any tax and class 4 NIC due for 2023-24 plus first payment on account due for 2024-25 by 31 January 2025
This amount does not take into account any 2023-24 payments on account you may have already made
2023-24 balancing payment £1,421.00
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 £710.50
Total due by 31 January 2025 £2,131.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 £710.50'...You also pay today your first payment on account for 2024/25 of £710.50.The 2nd payment on account is due in July.0 -
I don't know how you have suddenly changed your liability from £1151.80 to £1421.00 but this higher figure makes far more sense.mmunro2013 said:
Wow! I am confused. I paid the £575.90 back in January 2024. 2023-4 tax return and payments complete. Now, tax return 2024-25 (which I submitted yesterday), The last page of my calculation looks something like this:[Deleted User] said:
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.
...'Total Income Tax due £1,421.00
Estimated payment due by 31 January 2025
You must pay the total of any tax and class 4 NIC due for 2023-24 plus first payment on account due for 2024-25 by 31 January 2025
This amount does not take into account any 2023-24 payments on account you may have already made
2023-24 balancing payment £1,421.00
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 £710.50
Total due by 31 January 2025 £2,131.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 £710.50'...
If you have only made a single POA of £575.90 towards 2023-24 then you have £845.10 left to pay for 2023-24.
Plus £710.50 as your first POA for 2024-25.
So £1,555.60 in total to be paid today. You will be charged late payment interest on the £575.90 you should have paid in July 2024 so you might want add a bit extra towards this.
To be clear the £575.90 you owe from July 2024 is a part of the £1,555.60, not in addition to that.
What isn't clear is why you haven't had a debt collector knocking on your door!0 -
Yes - £1151.80 is clearly 2022/23 liability. Very confusing and, like you, not convinced July POA remains unpaid.Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
I don't know how you have suddenly changed your liability from £1151.80 to £1421.00 but this higher figure makes far more sense.mmunro2013 said:
Wow! I am confused. I paid the £575.90 back in January 2024. 2023-4 tax return and payments complete. Now, tax return 2024-25 (which I submitted yesterday), The last page of my calculation looks something like this:[Deleted User] said:
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.
...'Total Income Tax due £1,421.00
Estimated payment due by 31 January 2025
You must pay the total of any tax and class 4 NIC due for 2023-24 plus first payment on account due for 2024-25 by 31 January 2025
This amount does not take into account any 2023-24 payments on account you may have already made
2023-24 balancing payment £1,421.00
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 £710.50
Total due by 31 January 2025 £2,131.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 £710.50'...
If you have only made a single POA of £575.90 towards 2023-24 then you have £845.10 left to pay for 2023-24.
Plus £710.50 as your first POA for 2024-25.
So £1,555.60 in total to be paid today. You will be charged late payment interest on the £575.90 you should have paid in July 2024 so you might want add a bit extra towards this.
To be clear the £575.90 you owe from July 2024 is a part of the £1,555.60, not in addition to that.
What isn't clear is why you haven't had a debt collector knocking on your door!0 -
Typical 31 January panic I suspect 😂[Deleted User] said:
Yes - £1151.80 is clearly 2022/23 liability. Very confusing and, like you, not convinced July POA remains unpaid.Dazed_and_C0nfused said:
I don't know how you have suddenly changed your liability from £1151.80 to £1421.00 but this higher figure makes far more sense.mmunro2013 said:
Wow! I am confused. I paid the £575.90 back in January 2024. 2023-4 tax return and payments complete. Now, tax return 2024-25 (which I submitted yesterday), The last page of my calculation looks something like this:[Deleted User] said:
You totally misunderstood the process.mmunro2013 said:Last year after completing and submitting my tax return on-line I was instructed (by my 'tax calculation') to pay monies into my account:
1st payment on account for 2023-24 due 31 January 2024 of £575.90
This year I had similar, however different amounts:
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 of £710.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025
My question is: what happens to these monies 'on account'? I don't seem to see them credited to my account anywhere? Am I misunderstanding this process?The calculation is a final reckoning of your bill for 2023/24. Nothing else - like a final invoice. Presumably this is £1421.00?
Now, what have you paid towards this?Answer - the two payments on account that you made in January and July 2024. Deduct these from your calculation. You owe £269.20.Add this to your first payment on account for 2024/25 and pay the total today!!!The second payment on account remains payable in July.
...'Total Income Tax due £1,421.00
Estimated payment due by 31 January 2025
You must pay the total of any tax and class 4 NIC due for 2023-24 plus first payment on account due for 2024-25 by 31 January 2025
This amount does not take into account any 2023-24 payments on account you may have already made
2023-24 balancing payment £1,421.00
1st payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 January 2025 £710.50
Total due by 31 January 2025 £2,131.50
2nd payment on account for 2024-25 due 31 July 2025 £710.50'...
If you have only made a single POA of £575.90 towards 2023-24 then you have £845.10 left to pay for 2023-24.
Plus £710.50 as your first POA for 2024-25.
So £1,555.60 in total to be paid today. You will be charged late payment interest on the £575.90 you should have paid in July 2024 so you might want add a bit extra towards this.
To be clear the £575.90 you owe from July 2024 is a part of the £1,555.60, not in addition to that.
What isn't clear is why you haven't had a debt collector knocking on your door!0
the amount is £1151.80. I didn't make a second POA payment as it didn't say I needed to Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
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