Tax Refund

Why are HMRC taking so long to process Tax refunds? HMRC encourage early submissions. I submitted my tax return on 20th Sept but HMRC are indicating that refund will not be processed until January 2024?

Hi Fionajane,
When your repayment is processed if issued by BACS it can take 5-10 working days to arrive. If issued by cheque 2-3 weeks.
If the repayment is selected for security checks then the checks can take up to 6 weeks.
If you have not yet recevied your repayment we would need to access your record to check on the progress.
Self Assessment: general enquiries
Thank you.

My husband died 13/10/22 I’m still waiting for a tax refund I’m sure it is too long to wait Not sure where I’m supposed to be posting this apologies if wrong

Hi,

I'm sorry for any delay in refunding you here. To confirm the progress of any refund due, we would need to access your husband's record - contact us by webchat or phone via:

Income Tax: general enquiries

to allow us to do this.

Thank you.