HMRC's list of 'reasonable excuses' it will accept for missing last week's tax deadline

The deadline to taxable Self Assessment taxation forms has passed already. (Image: Getty)

Anyone who missed a important HMRC taxation deadline past week could beryllium successful enactment for a £100 good - unless they’ve got a bully excuse.

The deadline for submitting Self Assessment taxation forms was 11.59pm connected Friday, January 31.

Anyone who is expected to taxable a signifier but didn’t could beryllium slapped with a £100 fine. And this volition summation each three, six, and 12 months if it isn’t paid.

Contrary to fashionable belief, it’s not conscionable the self-employed who request to capable successful self-assessment forms.

Who needs to implicit a taxation return:

• Anyone employed arsenic a sole trader who earned much than £1,000 earlier taxation successful the fiscal year;
• Any spouse successful a concern partnership;
• Anyone with a full taxable income of much than £150,000;
• Anyone who had to wage Capital Gains Tax erstwhile selling oregon ‘disposing of’ thing that accrued successful value;
• Anyone who had to wage the High Income Child Benefit Charge;
• Anyone with untaxed income, specified arsenic wealth from renting retired a property, tips oregon commission, income from savings, investments and dividends, oregon overseas income.

'Reasonable excuses'

However, HMRC does person a database of “reasonable excuses” it volition judge for those who missed the deadline. These are:

• Your spouse oregon different adjacent comparative died soon earlier the taxation instrumentality oregon outgo deadline;
• You had an unexpected enactment successful infirmary that prevented you from dealing with your taxation affairs;
• You had a superior oregon life-threatening illness;
• Your machine oregon bundle failed portion you were preparing your online return;
• Issues with HMRC online services;
• A fire, flood, oregon theft prevented you from completing your taxation return;
• Postal delays that you could not person predicted;
• Delays related to a disablement oregon intelligence unwellness you have;
• You were unaware of oregon misunderstood your ineligible obligation;
• You relied connected idiosyncratic other to nonstop your return, and they did not.

If immoderate of these use you indispensable fto HMRC cognize wrong 30 days of receiving a good - if this deadline is missed, you volition request to explicate why. For much accusation click here.