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What happens when in the tax year and why?

The tax year begins on 1 April and ends on 31 March. For example, the 2008 tax year began on 1 April 2007 and ended on 31 March 2008.

Income and tax details for the 2008 tax year

Your employer or employers send us your monthly income and tax details by the 20th of the following month. This means we are always processing this information the month after you have received your income.

Because of this, we do not have your income and tax details for March until the 20th of April. It then takes us around 4 weeks from this date to fully process and balance this information, due to the large volumes we receive.

When this process is complete, your income and tax details for the 2008 tax year will be available.

Tax returns for the 2008 tax year

During April and May, we also select people from our records to automatically receive IR3 tax returns, summary of earnings and personal tax summaries because we know they need an end of year tax square-up. Once we have done this, we can send out the forms or returns you request.

If you received an IR3 tax return last year, and you still meet the criteria to receive one, an IR3 taxpack and summary of earnings will be sent to you automatically. You can complete a personal tax summary, and request a IR3 taxpack under the Get it done online section of our website.

Requesting a 2008 IR3 taxpack, summary of earnings or personal tax summary

We select people we know need to receive an IR3 tax return in late March, and finish sending these out in early May. You can complete a IR3 Individual tax return under the Get it done online section of our website. Please call us if you do not receive your IR3 by the end of May.

We select people who we know need to receive a summary of earnings in early May, and finish sending these out in the middle of May. You can request a summary of earnings under the Get it done online section of our website. Please call us if you do not receive your summary of earnings by the beginning of June.

We select people we know need to receive personal tax summaries in late May, and finish sending these out in early July. You can request a summary of earnings under the Get it done online section of our website. Please call us if you do not receive your personal tax summary by the middle of July.

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Date published: 11 Dec 2008

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