We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
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…
Find out how to submit a Landfill Tax return and what supporting records you need to keep.
Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.
Self Assessment is a system HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses to collect…
You must send a tax return if, in the last tax year (6 April to 5 April),…
You must tell HMRC by 5 October if you need to complete a tax return for…
You can send a tax return by either: submitting an online return sending a…
You must tell HMRC as soon as possible if you believe you no longer need…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) must receive your tax return and any money…
You’ll get a penalty if you need to complete a tax return and you: send…
You can make a change to a tax return after you filed it, for example…
You may be able to get a tax refund (also known as a ‘repayment’ or…
Find out what support is available to help you fill in your tax return and…
If you’re the ‘personal representative’ (an executor or administrator) for…
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.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
When you may need to make a change to your Self Assessment tax return for SEISS payments, and how to do it.
Learn more about your responsibilities if you’re running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
Learn more about paying tax and keeping records as a property landlord.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).