HMRC penalty for late self assessment
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:50 am
Hi
I'm wondering if someone has any experience with this and can help.
I applied for naturalisation around 5 months ago and my application is still being processed.
My employer pays my taxes via PAYE; for my last tax year I became eligible for filing a self assessment for tax return. I do not owe any tax, but I was late in filing it (should have filed it by end of last month). This has incurred a HMRC penalty (which hasn't been officially issued yet) but which I have paid already.
I have two questions:
1) Is a HMRC penalty for late filing of self assessment considered a 'civil penalty' which must be declared on an application?
2) If so, do I need to inform the home office that I now have a civil penalty while they are processing my application?
Many thanks
I'm wondering if someone has any experience with this and can help.
I applied for naturalisation around 5 months ago and my application is still being processed.
My employer pays my taxes via PAYE; for my last tax year I became eligible for filing a self assessment for tax return. I do not owe any tax, but I was late in filing it (should have filed it by end of last month). This has incurred a HMRC penalty (which hasn't been officially issued yet) but which I have paid already.
I have two questions:
1) Is a HMRC penalty for late filing of self assessment considered a 'civil penalty' which must be declared on an application?
2) If so, do I need to inform the home office that I now have a civil penalty while they are processing my application?
Many thanks