Late tax return fine

Ole Rodrigo

Hello. I was recently informed I had a rebate due to me ( I'm a self employed contractor ). In order to receive it, I would have to resubmit returns for two previous years that I never did. All taxes for that year were paid, however, and I had nothing to claim for - I owed nothing, and was owed nothing.

After submitting the returns for those years ( both for zero ), I was promptly fined for late submission for quite a considerable amount, one which I cannot afford to pay unless they just give themselves the rebate they were going to give me.

Is there anything I can do in this situation ? It was my own wrong assumption that once taxes were paid in full, and I didn't have to claim for anything, that I did not have to make a return.

Thanks.

dbran

Hi

You could try to appeal the late filing penalty. You may or may not be successful based on your circumstances.

Kind Regards


dbran

Ole Rodrigo

Thanks dbran

Alan Shore

ror_74 wrote: »

I would have to resubmit returns for two previous years that I never did. All taxes for that year were paid, however, and I had nothing to claim for - I owed nothing, and was owed nothing.

After submitting the returns for those years ( both for zero ), I was promptly fined for late submission for quite a considerable amount.

Resubmit, I assume you mean submit for the first time. If you owed nothing then there should be no surcharge as the surcharge if 10% of the liability. If you owed 10k and had paid 10k in prelim tax then its not correct to say you had no liability, the surcharge is 1k, it's a self assessment system and I can't imagine them waiving the surcharge because you don't know how the system works.

smeharg

Who told you that you were due a refund, and how did they know if you hadn't filed tax returns?