[MB Lacey]

Received a Form 12 today in the post, I've never received one before and at first I thought they'd made some mistake, but maybe the mistake is that I've never received one, or completed one.

I've been in the same PAYE job for years and assumed everything was always done by our Payroll department as the only thing I have to do with tax, is paying lots of it and getting my P60 each year.

I'm just wondering - why have I received a Form 12 now?
Thanks

[hairyslug]

Cant help you but i got 1 for the 1st time too, i can only see a few bits that apply to me, my basic income and employer details, number of children and bank detaila, we have no other income apart from FIS but we didnt claim for that till this year.

Do these go out randomly or are they checking up on me, last time there was anything strange in my income was about 6 years back when i had shares in the company i worked for.

Is it advisable to get someone to look over it or is the info on my p60 enough to complete it

Oh sorry for hijacking thr thread

[MB Lacey]

no that's fine, guess we're both asking the same question, wondering is there a reason for getting the form 12 out of the blue like this.
Is it random, or are they suddenly after certain info to feed into all my conspiracy theories

[barneystinson]

Originally Posted by MB Lacey

no that's fine, guess we're both asking the same question, wondering is there a reason for getting the form 12 out of the blue like this.
Is it random, or are they suddenly after certain info to feed into all my conspiracy theories

Yup, random.

[hairyslug]

So does it matter if i only fill in 3 sections, cant find doctors receipts so may have to pay back on that

[cb7]

Just got one of those forms as well. Totally out of the blue.

[barneystinson]

Originally Posted by cb7

Just got one of those forms as well. Totally out of the blue.

Yup, that's kinda the point of random!

[paul71]

There seem to be a lot of random f12s arriving this year. About 10 people have asked me in the last week why they have received one.

[barneystinson]

Originally Posted by paul71

There seem to be a lot of random f12s arriving this year. About 10 people have asked me in the last week why they have received one.

Yes AFAIK they've sent out more than in previous years this year. In a lot of cases people might benefit from the whole exercise and get a refund.

[paul71]

Originally Posted by barneystinson

Yes AFAIK they've sent out more than in previous years this year. In a lot of cases people might benefit from the whole exercise and get a refund.

Judging from the profile of the people who asked me about it I think you are correct, it would result in refunds, many of them are people who were unemployed in the latter part of 2011 (although I know 10 is not a representative sample).

[scorchm77]

I got a form 12 in the post today for 2008. Would there be a specific reason for that?

[relax carry on]

Originally Posted by scorchm77

I got a form 12 in the post today for 2008. Would there be a specific reason for that?

If its for a tax year other than last year then its targeted. It may be that one was issued to you in 2009 for 2008 and was never received by you or returned to Revenue. It can be sent automatically in these cases if a review of another tax year was carried out recently which will show if there are returns outstanding. If you want to check what the reason is for it issuing then I suggest you contact the 1890 paye service.

Whatever the case is; you have received one so you must complete it declaring all sources of income for 2008.

[ncit9933]

What would happen if you got one and just ignore it?

[owiseone]

Originally Posted by ncit9933

What would happen if you got one and just ignore it?

I received one in the post and there was a letter explaining what you have to do with it. Did you not get on of those with the Form 12?

I've been employed with same company for years and have no other income so it will be straight forward for me. But I suppose there are people out there who have undeclared income and one way revenue has of identifying these peiople is to send out official tax returns randomly. So i suppose if you don't send it back it might be flagged for further investigation.

[barneystinson]

Originally Posted by ncit9933

What would happen if you got one and just ignore it?

You're liable to a penalty of €3k.