With little more than a week to go before the self-assessment tax deadline hits, it is worth double-checking whether or not you have to submit a tax return.
If you have to send a tax return and you miss the 31st January deadline then you will be penalised. If your tax return is less than three months late then you’ll have to pay a fine of £100, but this figure can rise quickly if you submit a return after three months or you pay your tax late.
For certain groups like company directors, it is pretty obvious that you will have to pay. But there are some complicated rules that you might not have taken into account.
If you are an umbrella contractor with Umbrella.co.uk, then as a rule of thumb you won’t have to submit a tax return, but there are some circumstances that may contradict that.
