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Late tax return penalties: do you have a reasonable excuse?
If you miss the self assessment tax return deadline, HMRC will automatically send you a 'late filing penalty’ notice. Penalties start to increase the longer the tax return is outstanding. If you didn’t get your 2022/23 tax return submitted by 31 January 2024 and still have not sent it in, you m...