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Re registering for Self Assessment

ro1892
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I am a PAYE employee (not self employed) and have a UTR number from doing a self assessment a few years back (2023-24) but did not need to do one for the tax year 2024-25. I now need to do one for 2025-26 so I have followed the steps here https://www.gov.uk/register-for-self-assessment and after completing the form I signed into my tax account and completed the on screen form (I believe this was an SA1).

I did this about a week ago but I have had no confirmation of submitting the form and nothing yet to say the 2025-26 Self Assessment is available for me to do, so just wondering if anyone knows how long it normally takes from re-registering to being able to complete the self assessment?

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  • LITRG
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    edited 23 September at 9:09AM

    Hello, you may be able to check rough SA1 processing times using HMRC's tracking tool: https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-nic/getting-help-hub/contacting-hmrc-chasing-progress Hope this helps, thanks.

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  • ro1892
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    Got a reply today to say I've registered and can fill it out.

    In terms of timescales, the service dashboard says "normal service (15 working days)". The "when can I expect a reply" tool says "18 working days, still processing from 28th August" however I submitted mine 2 weeks after 28th August and received a reply in 13 working days so not sure how accurate all this is

    Would be nice if they would just email after you submit to at least acknowledge they have it.

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