What a PITA it is having to collate all the information they demand; glad to get it out of the way. And a cheque for 13 pence is winging it's way towards HMRC
. I hope it costs them more than that to process the thing. All this because I was self employed for 6 months in 2003, and I still get a self assessment tax return to fill in every year
.
If you feel Self Assessment is no longer appropriate, you can request a return to "normal" PAYE. I think, this can be done from the website, but, I am not sure.
I still complete a Self Assessment Tax return, fourteen years after my last employment (self employed), I am now retired.
Although I could have requested an end to Self Assessment, I decided that, after seeing the total mess HMRC made of my wife's PAYE Tax, after retirement, it was simpler to do the Self Assessment, it is only once per year, and takes about an hour, maximum.
In contrast, my wife once received six different Notices of coding, through the post, on the SAME day. After 18 months of wrangling with HMRC, they claimed she owed then a four figure sum, when in fact, they owed her a small (three figure) sum. She eventually involved our MP, who could not believe the reams of paper which had been accumulated in 18 months. Perhaps, the only thing he ever did for us, but, he did get it resolved.
