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UK Income Tax Returns - Overview

If you are in receipt of UK Income (eg Income from investments or pensions, property income etc). you may have to prepare and submit a UK Self Assessment Income Tax Return (the Tax Return).

An Income Tax Return is a summary of Income and Allowable Expenditure for a tax year. In the UK, the tax year runs from 6th April to the following 5th April*.

A UK Tax Return needs to be submitted to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by 31st October if the Return is completed on paper, or 31st January following the end of the tax year if submitted electronically.

If the Tax Return is submitted late, penalties may apply. Click here to open our UK Tax Penalties page. This will open in a new window which can be closed when you have finished.

We prepare and submit UK Income Tax Returns for Australian residents who need to fulfil their UK tax obligations.

*If you are interested in finding out why the UK tax year starts on 6th April and ends on the following 5th April, click here to open a new window to a Wikipedia page. When you have reviewed this, you can close the window, and you will be back on this page.

The UK Tax Return: Main Return pages and Supplementary pages

The UK Income Tax Return is made up of the Main Return pages and Supplementary pages. The Supplementary pages are completed according to a taxpayer’s individual circumstances.

The Main Return part of the Tax Return covers the following areas:

• Personal Information (eg Name, Address, Date of Birth, National Insurance Number etc)
• Summary of Supplementary Pages completed
• Investment Income
• Other Income not to be included in any Supplementary pages
• Pensions
• Higher Earners’ Child Benefit details
• Claims for Married Couple’s Allowance and Blind Persons Allowance
• Agent Details
• Declaration

Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.

Supplementary Pages need to be completed if an individual has certain types of income and are available for:

• Employment
• Self Employment
• Partnership
• UK Property
• Foreign (Income and Expenditure)
• Trusts etc
• Capital Gains Tax Summary
• Residence, Remittance basis etc
• Other Supplementary Pages : Additional Information, Ministers of Religion, Lloyds Underwriters

The Main Return pages and the Supplementary pages can be downloaded and printed from the HMRC website if you wish to complete the Tax Return and send it by mail. Paper Returns should be sent early enough to ensure that they arrive at HMRC before the 31st October deadline. If the Return is late, penalties may apply.

HMRC have an electronic Tax Return system and Tax Returns can be completed and submitted in advance of the 31st January deadline.

However, if you are not resident in the UK, you cannot complete the Tax return using the HMRC system.

Registering for Self Assessment

If you need to prepare and submit a UK Income Tax Return, and you haven’t needed to previously, you will need to let HMRC know by registering for Self Assessment. There is a deadline of 5th October following the end of the tax year for notifying HMRC that you are in receipt of UK income, including Property Rental Income and Capital Gains on UK Property and Land.

Please note that penalties may apply if notification is late. You can review our UK Tax Penalties page by clicking here. The page will open in a new window which can be closed when finished.

You can review our page on who needs to prepare a UK Tax Return by clicking here. The page will open in a new window which you can close when finished.

If you need help in registering for Self Assessment, please contact us be clicking here. Our contact page will open in a new window. Fill in a few details and let us know what you need. Once you have clicked 'Submit', you can close the window and you will be back on this page. We will contact you as soon as possible.

Our UK Tax Return Service

If you need a UK Income Tax Return prepared and submitted, click here to open our Contact page in a new window. You can leave some details and a brief message letting us know what you need, and then click 'Submit'. We will contact you as soon as possible.

Our UK Tax Return Service works in the following way:

1. We ascertain which Supplementary pages, if any, you need to complete, in addition to the Main Return pages.
2. We request details from you.
3. We prepare your UK Tax Return.
4. We send you a copy of your UK Tax Return and any other schedules, accounts etc for agreement. At the same time, we will send our invoice, which is due on presentation.
5. We send you confirmation that your UK Tax Return has been submitted to HMRC.

We aim to submit your UK Tax Return to HMRC within seven days of receiving your details and information. This time frame assumes that there are no undue delays in communications.

Our Fees

We aim to be transparent with our pricing policy. Full details of our fees are included in our Pricing page. This page can be opened in a new window by clicking here. Once reviewed, you can close the window and you will be back on this page.

Contact Us

If you need a UK Income Tax Return prepared and submitted, click here to open our Contact page in a new window. You can leave some details and a brief message letting us know what you need, and then click Submit. We will contact you as soon as possible.