Crucial July 31 Self-Assessment Tax Deadline β Paying Now Can Lighten Future Bills
- His Majesty's Revenue and Customs warned that by July 31, 2025, taxpayers must pay their second payment on account or face penalties and an 8.25% daily interest charge.
- Payments on account are calculated using the previous yearβs liability and split into two instalments due by January 31 and July 31.
- Under current rules, HMRC charges daily interest on late payments at 8.25%, with a 100 penalty after the deadline and 10 per day up to 900 for taxpayers who miss deadlines.
- Resorting to credit cards or overdrafts can harm taxpayersβ credit scores when the July 31st deadline catches sole traders by surprise.
- To manage bills effectively, people who owe money for the 2024/25 tax year should pay soon, as Myrtle Lloyd at HMRC urged early filing and payments on account.
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Crucial July 31 self-assessment tax deadline β paying now can lighten future bills
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Read Full ArticleTaxpayers who havenβt settled their bill with HMRC must pay by 31st July or face fines and interest
Taxpayers have been warned to settle their tax bills by 31st July or risk incurring late payment interest at 8.25%, as HMRC intensifies its crackdown on unpaid liabilities. The alert comes from Blick Rothenberg, a leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, which says taxpayers who have yet to pay their second payment on account for the 2024/25 tax year must act quickly to avoid financial penalties. βFrom May 2022, HMRC increased late paymentβ¦
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