{"id":479,"date":"2025-06-27T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxpartnersuk.com\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:34:47","slug":"self-assessment-late-return-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxpartnersuk.com\/blog\/self-assessment-late-return-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-assessment late return penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for filing the self-assessment tax return for the tax year ended 05 April 2011 is 31 January 2012. If you miss this deadline you will have to a penalty of \u00a3100. This penalty is due even if you have no tax to pay. The longer the delay, the more the penalty payable as shown in the following table: <\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #6da327; color: #3b3b3b;\">\n<thead style=\"background-color: #f9fff9;\">\n<tr>\n<th>Delay<\/th>\n<th>Penalty payable<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1 day<\/td>\n<td>\n        A fixed penalty of \u00a3100 applies even when there is no tax to pay or all taxes due have been paid\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 months<\/td>\n<td>\n        \u00a310 for each following day &#8211; up to a maximum penalty of \u00a3900 plus the fixed penalty of \u00a3100 above i.e. \u00a31,000 in total\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 months<\/td>\n<td>\n        \u00a3300 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is the higher plus (\u00a3900 + \u00a3100) = \u00a31,000 penalty above.\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12 months<\/td>\n<td>\n        \u00a3300 or 5% of the tax due, whichever is the higher plus (\u00a3900 + \u00a3100) = \u00a31,000 penalty above.<br \/>\n        In serious cases a penalty up to 100% of the tax may be payable as penalty.\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A penalty is not payable if there is a \u2018reasonable excuse\u2019 for missing the deadline. 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