How long for an accountant to fill in a tax return?

[dude69]

Agree with above, DIY. You should know salary and expenses from your April forms, rest is from savings account statements, divi vouchers etc.

which you'd have to provide to the accountant anyway. The maths is done for you online.

[Gonzo]

I recently provided by accountant (SJD) with all the details needed to fill in my personal tax return.

This is the first year I have had an accountant and in the past I have always just done it myself (my tax return isn’t exactly complicated!)

SJD have informed me that they have a 2 month backlog on personal tax returns. My question is whether this delay is normal for an accountant or should I kick up a fuss? My initial opinion was that this is a bit rubbish – it will almost be xmas should they come back with any queries!

When will they be submitting your tax return to the Inland Revenue?

I am going to owe a large wad of extra cash this year so I don't want mine going to HMRC until the last possible minute.

[Ashwin2007]

By the way, should we be attaching Dividend vouchers (for tax credit) along with the tax return? I have over 40 of them issued by Giant..

[xoggoth]

You don't send anything with a tax return. They will get back to you if are unlucky enough to get yours looked into.

You don't "get" tax credit, it is a notional 10% assumed to have been covered by the company's CT payments. If higher rate tapayer you may have to pay more, that is worked out on tax return.

[simondolan]

I recently provided by accountant (SJD) with all the details needed to fill in my personal tax return.

This is the first year I have had an accountant and in the past I have always just done it myself (my tax return isn’t exactly complicated!)

SJD have informed me that they have a 2 month backlog on personal tax returns. My question is whether this delay is normal for an accountant or should I kick up a fuss? My initial opinion was that this is a bit rubbish – it will almost be xmas should they come back with any queries!

Well, we do ask clients to provide all the info we require to complete the Tax Returns by 30th September each year - evidently in this case it was either late or just up to the wire, so if you were concerned about any aspect of the Return then I would suggest next year getting the info to us sooner - we do send out reminders regularly by both text and email asking for the info from April onwards.

I would expect that quoting you 2 months was as much to manage expectations as much as anything else- I dare say you will get it back much quicker than that.

I'd also point out that we have 8 offices, so the 2 months you say you were quoted by one could just as easily be 2 days from another - all depends on workloads at the time you ask, but anyone in our offices would be happy to accomodate you if you have any reason as to why you would need the Return sooner.