2017 news

From the end of June, HMRC have slightly changed the way they collect underpayments of tax from employees through PAYE (Pay As You Earn). Where the underpayment of tax is an estimate for the current year, you should be able to delay having that taken from your pay, if that would cause you financial difficulty.

LITRG are aware that HMRC have issued late filing penalties to taxpayers who have been given a duplicate unique tax reference (UTR) in error – this means that you may have received a penalty notice from HMRC despite having filed your Self Assessment (SA) tax return. If you have been affected, contact HMRC who should cancel the duplicate return and the late filing penalties in such cases. 

We regularly receive queries via our website. We do not give advice, but we try to signpost sources of further information and support. Some of the replies might be useful to others, so occasionally we will post them anonymously as ‘question and answer’ news items. Here, we were asked about employee travel expenses.