So what do I actually owe?!

[GSVBagpuss]

I completely understand the advance payment system, it's just the sites insistance on two different dates for when it's due

Never mind, have paid what I think is right and they can tell me otherwise

[Archangel]

The second payment in july 2009 is the advance payment for 2008/2009 (half of the total due for 2007-2008).

January 2009 payment is the first advance payment for 2008/2009 + whatever is due from 2007/2008 after advance payments made (in jan 2008 and jul 2008) have been deducted.

Hope this makes sense!

[GSVBagpuss]

Hav enow logged on the morning after and it has a new breakdown of what I owe (good news). However, it says I owe the whole lot by January 31st but the breakdown lists the second payment on account due in July. This new site is plain weird...

[Archangel]

I had exactly the same experience, surely it isn;t too much to ask that they subtract the amounts paid on account from the "total due"

[GSVBagpuss]

Is it me or has the SA online form changed to be more awkward? I like the reduced number of boxes but the final payment owed part confuses me.

I know I have paid a large amount on account (this is my 4th return) but the tax "I owe" does not take that into account (like it used to). Fine, I can cope with that, but does that mean I have to get a calculator out, work out the difference and then pay HRMC that? Where's the simple subtraction page that tells me what I actually owe? Seems a rather convoluted way of doing things...