HMRC's top 5 tips for completing your tax return
Ruth Owen, Director General Personal Tax, HMRC, has shared the top 5 tips for completing your Self Assessment return.

HM Revenue and Customs鈥� (HMRC) top 5 tips for completing your Self Assessment tax return are:
- Get started 鈥� don鈥檛 leave it to the last minute and don鈥檛 miss the deadline (midnight on 31 January)
- Have all your papers ready 鈥� for example:
- if you are employed, your P60 or your P11D (if you have one)
- if you are self-employed, your accounts and records of expenses
- if you have savings, any records of interest received
- Don鈥檛 forget to press the 鈥楽ubmit鈥� button (you may need to scroll down the page to press the button) and wait for your confirmation code
- Don鈥檛 forget to pay 鈥� it is the payment deadline and not just the tax return deadline. 皇冠体育appre are many ways to pay HMRC, with all the details available online
- Keep in touch 鈥� for advice and alerts about when it is a good time to call us
Log in and file your Self Assessment online on GOV.UK: /log-in-file-self-assessment-tax-return