{"id":49647,"date":"2014-11-03T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e30bfd94ef1c6e2f5515ff05e068e00c"},"modified":"2014-11-03T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T13:20:00","slug":"press-release-paper-tax-returns-a-no-no-from-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49647","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Paper tax returns a no-no from November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The 31 October paper-filing deadline for 2013\/14 tax returns has now passed. Even if you have no tax to pay, or you eventually pay your tax on time, a late paper return will still land you with the \u00a3100 penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s November, the only way to avoid a penalty is by submitting your tax return online by 31 January.<\/p>\n<p>To send an online tax return, you must be registered for HM Revenue and Customs\u2019 (<abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr>) Online Services. This involves <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> sending you an Activation Code in the post, so allow time for this to arrive. If you haven\u2019t registered for online filing, you can do so by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-for-self-assessment\">GOV.UK website<\/a> and following the instructions.<\/p>\n<p>You can file now and pay later \u2013 as long as you pay what you owe by 31 January.<\/p>\n<p>Help and advice on filing your return is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/self-assessment-tax-returns\">GOV.UK website<\/a> or from the Self Assessment helpline on 0300 200 3310 (open 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am to 4pm on Saturday).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t yet sent your 2013\/14 tax return to HMRC, remember not to do it on paper \u2013 or you\u2019ll end up with a \u00a3100 late-filing penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}