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Ending self assessment ( high income child benefit )
Hi, all
To give some background, I've been PAYE all my working life.
Over the past 2-3 years I've had to do self-assessment due to the high income child benefit thing.
However, we have now ended our child benefit as of around three weeks ago, hopefully this means I can stop doing any form of self assessment?
Do I just stop, or 'deregister' or anything else?
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You’re paying through Self Assessment and no longer need to send a tax return
Phone HMRC if both of the following apply:
- you want to start paying the tax charge through PAYE
- you no longer need to send a tax return for another reason
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Phone them…
Jeez
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What's wrong with that?
But basically yes, you just need to contact them (other methods apart from phone are available) to let them know you no longer need to complete a self-assessment. If you just fail to complete a self-assessment without telling them first, you'll just cause yourself a lot of unnecessary hassle.
Although, if you've received Child Benefit for part of the current tax year, you may still need to complete one final self-assessment at the end of this year.
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The best time to phone is as soon as lines open at 8am to be at the front of the queue.
Sometimes you can get an answer just before 8 as sometimes staff start work early.
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I just submitted form online and got confirmation about 3-4 weeks later
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You could have another two returns to file yet, before the need to do them ends.
There is a new service you could use, which avoids the need for Self Assessment but you might actually find it simpler to compete tax returns rather than get involved in a whole new system for the final year or two.
As long as you confirm the Child Benefit has ended in the relevant box on your 2026/27 return then I don't see anything else is needed.
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Yes, I'll be doing a 2025/2026 assessment and then that will be that.
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Why two?
I have a self assessment to do covering me for April 2025 to April 2026, I stopped the child benefit in April.
I don't see why I'd have to do one for 2026/2027?
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When in April? Anything after 6 April 2026 is 2026-27 tax year.
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Because a couple of days ago you said this,
However, we have now ended our child benefit as of around three weeks ago, hopefully this means I can stop doing any form of self assessment?
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