It is a cracker – 3,275 file their UK tax return on Christmas Day

When is the perfect time to get your tax return into HMRC? Well for 3,275 tax payers Christmas Day worked!

In all 22,060 tax payers submitted their self assessment tax form between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. This is down on the 31,000 ‘customers’ who filed their returns for 2020/2021 in the same period.

Some 141 people even filed between 23.00 and 23.59 on 24 December – meaning they could really enjoy Christmas Day with all their life admin sorted!

The deadline to file and pay any tax owed for the 2021 to 2022 tax year is 31 January 2023.