by David Jones | Feb 8, 2024 | Self Assessment
HMRC announced this week that it had received more than 11 million tax returns before the 31st January tax return deadline window slammed shut. However, the HMRC press release also said that nearly 1.2 million people had missed the deadline — a 10% increase on...
by David Jones | Feb 18, 2021 | Business Tax, Self Assessment
It goes without saying that filing your tax return on or before the 31st January (or 28th February for 2021) deadline date, is important, and you should expect to be penalised by HMRC if you fail to meet this deadline. The only ‘get out of jail card’ is if you have a...
by David Jones | Jul 23, 2020 | Comments on Global News, Self Assessment
I had a bit of time on my hands this week, so I decided to read the runes on this year’s report from HMRC on the size of its tax gap (the difference between the real tax liability for a given tax year and the amount that’s paid). The figures for the previous tax...
by David Jones | Mar 1, 2019 | Self Assessment
As the many readers of this Blog will testify, I am not the biggest fan of HMRC; indeed a fair number of my Blogs have been quite scathing of their inefficiencies and treatment of taxpayers. But today, I will have to address the fact that I once wrote that I would...
by David Jones | Feb 1, 2018 | Self Assessment
It’s that time of year again, the 31st January deadline has just passed and a significant number of taxpayers have not yet submitted their Tax Returns. I have had a number of clients trotting in with their records in January, apologising for being late (yet...
David Jones is the Senior Partner and Founder of Morgan Jones & Company. Born in Liverpool and an Accountancy graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, David spent twenty years working for the Customs & Excise in London then Shrewsbury before starting his own business. David's depth of knowledge of the UK tax system and his ability to communicate this learning has seen Morgan Jones & Company grow into Shropshire's most respected Accountancy Practice. Email David