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Where Taxpayers and Advisers Meet
Online SA filing increases
03/02/2009, by Sarah Laing, Tax News - HMRC Administration, Practice and Methods
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HMRC have revealed that a record number of taxpayers filed their self assessment tax returns online this year.

A total of 5,759,006 people filed online by the 31 January deadline, which represents an increase of over 50% on the 2008 total, when 3.8m people filed online.

Welcoming the figures, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms, said:

"I am delighted that more and more people are recognising the benefits of filing their tax return online. Online returns make it easier and quicker to calculate how much tax you owe and you can pay online too."

67% of all self assessment tax returns were filed online this year. This surge in the use of the online channel is changing the way in which HMRC provides its customer services. Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax at HMRC said:

"HMRC's SA online and other Internet services enable people to do business with government in the way we know they want to. The outstanding popularity of online filing demonstrated by today's figures is the foundation on which we are transforming the way taxpayers interact with us."

The peak online filing period was on Friday 30th January, when HMRC's systems received 390,000 online returns.

About The Author

Sarah Laing
Editor, TaxationWeb News

Sarah is a Chartered Tax Adviser. She has been writing professionally since joining CCH Editions in 1998 as a Senior Technical Editor, contributing to a range of highly regarded publications including the British Tax Reporter, Taxes - The Weekly Tax News, the Red & Green legislation volumes, Hardman's, International Tax Agreements and many others. She became Publishing Manager for the tax and accounting portfolio in 2001 and later went on to help run CCH Seminars (including ABG Courses and Conferences).

Sarah originally worked for the Inland Revenue in Newbury and Swindon Tax Offices, before moving out into practice in 1991. She has worked for both small and Big 5 firms. She now works as a freelance author providing technical writing services for the tax and accountancy profession.

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