If HMRC discover you have not declared tax they think you owe, they may issue a discovery assessment to try and collect that tax.

Self Assessment is a way of reporting your taxable income and paying tax. Under Self Assessment you submit a tax return to HMRC, giving details of your income and gains for a whole tax year. Not everyone is required to submit an annual Self Assessment tax return – it will depend on whether you meet ...

Simple Assessment is a method of assessing income tax due in certain straightforward cases where a Self Assessment tax return is not required and where tax cannot be collected via the Pay As You Earn (also known as PAYE) system.

When you receive state benefits, it can be difficult to understand how you pay any tax due on them. This page explains how tax on taxable state benefits interacts with the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.

The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system is a method of paying income tax on certain types of income. If you pay tax under PAYE on some of your income, tax is deducted at source on that income. This means you receive it net of tax.

Our guidance is aimed primarily at those unable to afford to pay for advice. However, you might be on a low income but have a partner on a higher income. If your partner is affected by the high income child benefit charge (often referred to as HICBC), there are some things which you need to be ...