Hey all.
So just submitted my books ending April 21. Accountant has to explain a few things:
All grants received throughout the period from March 20 to April 21 will be listed separately on the return. So if you had say £15,000 in grants then you will have to pay 29% on the whole lot (£4350} in January, plus your usual tax. Then in July Inland revenue are also going to charge you 50% on account and are assuming you are having the same amount of grants for the following year, even tho they know that 99% of people are not receiving any more grants. I stopped at the 3rd grant so I’m glad I will have no grants to declare for next years books. My accountant said it means my tax bill for July 2022 will be £3000 higher so as soon as my accounts are finished he is going to put an appeal in. This is the crazy thing according to my accountant, that most people are going to receive MUCH higher bills so everybody is going to have to appeal the tax bill. What a waste of time! Why they can’t just ask first if you have had the 4th 5th grants then give the bill, is beyond him.
Also he told me that within the next 3 years inland revenue are going to get everybody digital which means they will want you to submit figures every three months - not at the end of the tax year. They were going to introduce it in 2023 but have had such negative feed back from accountants etc that they announced they are going to give everyone an extra year to get ready. I’m really hoping that if they are making us submit every three months then there is no need to pay a 50% on account every July.
Hope it helps 😀