Adrian

I called the help line shortly after my last post. It took a long time to get through, but in the end it was confirmed that I did nothing wrong and I wasn't "completely de-registered" as HMRC had made a mistake. The fine was removed. 2 days ago I get a new message: "Self Assessment Notice to complete a tax return" for the 2024 to 2025 tax year Not only did my first de-register not work, it looks like even after a phone call from abroad (costing a fortune) to sort this out has still not de-registered me. What should I do now? de-register again online? Phone and try and explain this? I had to book the morning off work to get this resolved last time. My finances are quite simple, so I don't think there is anything complicated happening with my account 😔

Does anyone have any thoughts? The website here has a section on it: https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/no-longer-need-to-send-a-tax-return >HMRC needs time to review your request before the Self Assessment deadline of 31 January. The self assessment deadlines are here: https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/deadlines >The last tax year started on 6 April 2023 and ended on 5 April 2024 [The one I am fined for] >If you’re sending a paper tax return, you must submit it by midnight 31 October 2024. >If you’re sending an online tax return, you must submit it by midnight 31 January 2025. I de-registered for SA in March 2024, which is well before both of these SA deadline dates. Could anyone clarify what's wrong here?

I have been doing SA for a few years due to UK income while abroad. I am a UK citizen. I no longer get income or have tax obligations from the UK, so de-registered. My last tax SA return was for 2022-2023: Filed in Jan 2024 I de-registered for SA in March 2024 - which shows as "completed" in the portal I have received a late fine for my 2023 to 2024 tax return. Did I make a mistake with when I de-registered? Did it need to be before 31st Jan 2024?