{"id":2150,"date":"2026-02-11T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:19:40","slug":"still-not-filed-your-24-25-tax-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/still-not-filed-your-24-25-tax-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Still not filed your 24\/25 tax return?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The January 31st deadline has passed &#8211; <strong>yet around 1 million people still haven&#8217;t submitted their 24\/25 Self Assessment <\/strong>to HM Revenue &amp; Customs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that&#8217;s you, it&#8217;s important to understand what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are the penalties for late submission?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the deadline passes, the penalties start automatically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Immediately <\/strong>&#8211; \u00a3100 fixed penalty, even if you don&#8217;t owe any tax.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>After 3 months &#8211;<\/strong> Daily penalties of \u00a310 per day, up to a maximum of \u00a3900.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>After 6 months <\/strong>&#8211; A further penalty of \u00a3300 or 5% of the tax due (whichever is higher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>After 12 months<\/strong> &#8211; Another \u00a3300 or 5% of the tax due (whichever is higher)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penalties alone can exceed \u00a31,600, and that&#8217;s before any interest is added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What about late payment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you owe tax and haven&#8217;t paid, Interest is charged daily from 1st February until the balance is cleared &#8211; the longer it&#8217;s left, the more it snowballs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The good news?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best thing you can do is <strong>file as soon as possible<\/strong>, even if you can&#8217;t afford to pay straight away. In many cases, you can apply for a <strong>Time to Pay Arrangement<\/strong>, spreading the cost into manageable monthly instalments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Need support?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed, unsure where to start or worried about the cost &#8211; we are here to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Telephone <\/strong>07501 670029<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Email <\/strong>contact@maccountingservices.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s stop the snowballing and let&#8217;s get this sorted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The January 31st deadline has passed &#8211; yet around 1 million people still haven&#8217;t submitted their 24\/25 Self Assessment to HM Revenue &amp; Customs! If that&#8217;s you, it&#8217;s important to understand what happens next. What<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/still-not-filed-your-24-25-tax-return\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maccountingservices.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}