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Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
You need to keep records if you have to send HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…
You must keep records about your business income and costs for longer if…
Income from employment You should keep documents about your pay and tax,…
You should keep all: bank or building society statements and passbooks…
You should keep details of: the dates when you let out your property all…
You may have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you sell (or ‘dispose of’)…
You should keep: evidence of income you’ve earned from overseas, like…
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Edwin Johnson and Judge Guy Brannan on 12 April 2024
Upper tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Richards and Judge Ashley Greenbank on 12 April 2024
Find out how to amend your VAT records if you've made errors, correct errors on your VAT Return and claim a refund if you’ve overpaid VAT.
Understand the approach HMRC uses to work with large business customers.
Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
HMRC may check your Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return to make sure you've paid the right amount.
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
How to check your Simple Assessment: what to do if you think the figures used are incorrect, how to ask HMRC for a review, when to pay.
We deal with claims involving major points of principle relating to taxation where HMRC is a party. This list does not include: claims for the recovery of taxes, or duties cases where a taxpayer disputes liability to pay tax (these...
Find out about the different types of HMRC penalties and how you can help your clients avoid them.
Correct mistakes with pay and deductions including National Insurance (NI), amend errors in FPS payroll reports, correct payments to HMRC.
Find out how to disclose and make payments for your offshore investments and assets using the Worldwide Disclosure Facility.
How to tell HMRC if there's a change to your personal details - address, name, income, marital status, gender
What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.
Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits by caseload and expenditure in Great Britain.
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