4m leave tax returns to the last minute

12.2m expected to file for 2020/21 tax year.

One-month waiver for self-assessment fines

Interest remains payable from 1 February 2022.

31,271 tax returns filed over festive period

2,828 taxpayers filed on Christmas Day 2021.

20,000 taxpayers use ‘time to pay’ for self-assessment

Monthly payments total £46m since April 2021.

Long delays with issuing UTR codes

Self-assessment first-timers in a “black hole of frustration”.