4m leave tax returns to the last minute
12.2m expected to file for 2020/21 tax year.
One-month waiver for self-assessment fines
Interest remains payable from 1 February 2022.
31,271 tax returns filed over festive period
2,828 taxpayers filed on Christmas Day 2021.
20,000 taxpayers use ‘time to pay’ for self-assessment
Monthly payments total £46m since April 2021.
Long delays with issuing UTR codes
Self-assessment first-timers in a “black hole of frustration”.