Tier 2 -> ILR and Tax amendments

[ravi_ei]

Hi All,

With so many rejections due to tax amendments I have a question about it. I am on Tier 2 General and will be eligible for ILR in Aug 2018.

In year 2015/16 I switched jobs. I also had a savings account with some amount of savings. Due to job switch there was less tax deducted by my new employer as they were informed a bit late about my first employer. Also I had incurred around £50 interest accumulated from the savings account(Tax was already deducted on this at 20% rate)

I got a letter from HMRC to file returns for that year. I filed tax returns with my total earnings in April 2016 but I didn't mention the interest from my bank account as it was already taxed by bank.
Later in June 2016 I got info that my bank interest needed to be taxed with 40% rate as my salary earned for that year was falling in the 40% bracket.

So I amended my tax return in June and submitted with the bank interest. So I had amended my tax return before the final deadline in the same year which was 31st Jan 2017.

Do you think this would cause a problem in my ILR application.

Thanks

[zimba]

Tax amendments have been an issue for those Tier 1G applicants who used their self employment income to score points and acquire a visa extension.
It seems that some Tier 1G applicants declared income which they never genuinely had in their SA to inflate their annual income in order to become eligible for a Tier 1G visa, hence deceiving the HO in the process. Then after getting the visa, some amended their SA and adjusted their income back again to avoid paying the taxes and hence reducing their tax liabilities. This has led to investigation by HO and mass ILR refusals under Tier 1G route.

Tier 2 is based on a sponsorship and the income declared on your COS, not any self employment income. So tax amendments like yours may not be viewed as a form of deception to acquire a visa.

[ravi_ei]

Thanks Zimba. Bit of a relief.