The good news for some of us this morning is that should you file that dreaded tax return a day late you will not be penalised by HMRC.
HMRC allegedly plans to outsource work to private companies and staff are planning to strike on Tuesday, January 31st.
So, if you find you have a technical problem on the 31st you will be unable to contact them and this will be a "reasonable excuse" for failing to file your returns by the deadline.
You will have to appeal the fine however and state on their form that you tried to contact them but couldn't. This would leave you Wednesday to do it but any later than that and you will definitely be fined.
Today it is estimated that around 2.7 million people have still not filed their returns and an estimated 90,000 will have queries on Tuesday (this figure is based on the average number of callers in recent years).
Even if you have nothing to pay HMRC insists that you too file a return on time or face the consquences of a heavy fine. It is best to make sure you deal with this right away if you haven't submitted your returns yet, there is always a possibility that the strike will be called off.
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