Newly self-employed.

[divegirl]

Morning all.
I have recently registered as self employed [1/5/12] and then this morning get a letter from the tax office telling me I need to fill in a self assessment form! I personally don't see a lot of point in that after just two weeks lol

Are they just pre-warning me that this is a thing I will have to do in the future? [end of tax year] The letter states that the forms are to follow.

Lisa x

I do/will have an accountant but have yet to meet him yet as I am considered non-urgent.

[BlueScorpion]

As you only registered as self employed in this tac year you shouldn't need to fill in a self assessment form until next April, but it is worth taking the time now to register with HMRC to submit the form online

[ummmm]

You don't need an accountant to fill out SE...

Phone the tax office, go to the tax office....very very helpful people

[divegirl]

As far as I know, I have done all the right things registering. I was just little shocked to be asked to fill in a SA so soon.

@ ummmm, I do now that but am so nervous of messing up, the guy was recommend by my ex and everything is free ....unless I ask him to do the SA when it's due.

lisa x

[Canary42]

I have to fill in a SA form every year - the letter advising me of the requirement always arrives within a few days of the new tax year starting (6th April) but the form deadline is 31st January (if you do it online, 31st Dec if you use the paper version I believe)

[BlueScorpion]

They were probably ust informing you that an SA is necessary from now on. Come next April you will need to fill in the form for this tax year (6/4/12 - 5/4/13). Then as Canary says you get about 9 months in which to file it, having said that we have found that it is better to file as soon as possible after 6 April - it gets it out of the way

[ummmm]

Lisa, honestly. If you're worried the tax office will fill it out for you.

Like the others said...it's probably for next year.

[Find_Accountants]

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