Self Assessment Question

[944fan]

I have done my SA for this year and I owe £1600 which was expected. I elected to have this collected via next years' tax code.

Now I am getting messages on the online thing saying I need to pay by X date or I will be fined. Is this just an automated thing everyone gets regardless if they selected that option? I don't really want to shell out all that in one go which is why I selected the tax code option.

[944fan]

Yes PAYE.

It said it had to be done by end of December to be collected via code and I did last week. Well within the allowed period.

[944fan]

They have an online chat service now. Got through to someone straight away (not like on the phone). They said I had checked the wrong box on my return. Pretty sure I didn't as I doubled checked it all but I must have made a mistake.

They have amended it so all should be fine.

Cheers all.

[944fan]

Eric Mc said:

944fan said:

They have an online chat service now. Got through to someone straight away (not like on the phone). They said I had checked the wrong box on my return. Pretty sure I didn't as I doubled checked it all but I must have made a mistake.

They have amended it so all should be fine.

Cheers all.

You do know they are breaking the law doing that?

There was an option for me to go in an amend my return but they said they had done it? This was the person on the HMRC web chat so I doubt they would so something illegal?

What law have they broken?

[944fan]

So the person on their web chat has lied? And broken the law? Even if I asked them to change it? They haven't changed anything material in the actual return, just the option to collect the tax.

I'm not arguing and saying you are wrong but find it hard to believe they would do that if they weren't allowed.

I have gone in and amended it myself and made sure that option is checked and refiled.

Guess if I get a fine in Jan we'll find out that it didn't work