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I've been doing self assessment for 20 years now and it almost fills itself in these days - the P60 stuff and pensions etc do anyway. Getting your car taxed is

I've been doing self assessment for 20 years now and it almost fills itself in these days - the P60 stuff and pensions etc do anyway. Getting your car taxed is embarrassingly simple and takes seconds as does checking your car MOT and insurance status. I don't have an accountant for SE and I do my wife's as well. The amount of documentation available is amazing. This is a great example of what's available: https://www.gov.uk/transition https://www.gov.uk/transition . Scroll down to Announcements, hit the first link and you have the full withdrawal agreement in multiple freely open formats. No it not perfect but it is rather good for this user anecdote.

gpderetta 6y ago
I have always had to fill in pension and P60 by hand (not that it is particularly hard); has this changed in the last year? Which reminds me that I need to do the self assesment before the end of the month.
- gerdesj 6y ago
  I think it (P60 and Pension) was filled in last year for me as well. The service is being changed quite quickly but I can imagine the pain behind the scenes. Screens that used to look like the old green/yellow thing are becoming rarer and the front screen has more options. My overall impression is that we have a rather sensible GOV.UK thingie (not sure of the real brand) Make sure you settle up before Jan 31 otherwise you'll be fined. HMRC are merciless. Get it done mate.
  - gpderetta 6y ago
    I started the return a couple of days ago and the P60 was indeed filled in; I'm pretty sure that it wasn't last year, but I might misremember. The P11 was not, but I don't think I have anything to report as everything is taxed at source for my current employer (I'll double check of course). The pension (Assuming you refer to the private pension scheme) is not filled in and I already know I have to pay some tax on that as I overshoot my allowance. I normally get it done a couple of weeks before the 31 and doesn't take more than a couple of days even with triple checking everything, so I should be quite in time. And yes, TBH filling in the tax return has never been a big problem. It would b e nice to automate a few more things (like computing exchange rates for dividends/capital gains instead of having to look them up) but it is fairly straightforward.

gpderetta 6y ago

I have always had to fill in pension and P60 by hand (not that it is particularly hard); has this changed in the last year? Which reminds me that I need to do the self assesment before the end of the month.

gerdesj 6y ago
I think it (P60 and Pension) was filled in last year for me as well. The service is being changed quite quickly but I can imagine the pain behind the scenes. Screens that used to look like the old green/yellow thing are becoming rarer and the front screen has more options. My overall impression is that we have a rather sensible GOV.UK thingie (not sure of the real brand) Make sure you settle up before Jan 31 otherwise you'll be fined. HMRC are merciless. Get it done mate.
- gpderetta 6y ago
  I started the return a couple of days ago and the P60 was indeed filled in; I'm pretty sure that it wasn't last year, but I might misremember. The P11 was not, but I don't think I have anything to report as everything is taxed at source for my current employer (I'll double check of course). The pension (Assuming you refer to the private pension scheme) is not filled in and I already know I have to pay some tax on that as I overshoot my allowance. I normally get it done a couple of weeks before the 31 and doesn't take more than a couple of days even with triple checking everything, so I should be quite in time. And yes, TBH filling in the tax return has never been a big problem. It would b e nice to automate a few more things (like computing exchange rates for dividends/capital gains instead of having to look them up) but it is fairly straightforward.