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Unreported income & tax
If you have unreported income and tax is under reported it may not be too late to get it reported and be safe from a tax investigation.
You might be behind due to any reason like:
Carelessness
Personal issues
Unaware of requirement
Technical difficulties.
What is unreported income
Unreported income is income that wasn’t reported to HMRC and tax on it is not paid on it. This could be income from business, rental property, overseas income and the list goes on.
The golden rule is that if you have earned an income, it needs to be reported.
What if its less than the reporting threshold or is exempt?
Yes, income could be exempt or be under the taxable threshold. however, when combined with other earning could become taxable.
Ideally, if you have an income its worth notifying HMRC so they know that you have fulfil your tax obligations.
You need to still report the income Just because the income is less than the taxable threshold or would not have tax on it, doesn’t mean to not report it.
HMRC expects income to be reported so it can cross reference and check if your use of allowance or relief is correct.
So, always check beforehand to avoid penalties later.
So,
So prompted or un prompted?
In HMRC’s words you could either find out there was an income you needed to report and report it, its called unprompted reporting of income.
If HMRC finds out that there was an income source that you should have reported but haven’t and you were prompted with the same, that’s prompted.
Penalties are higher where you are prompted.
Un-reported rental income – Landlords
A landlord may have setup a rental business to generate some passive income. The business costs and its income leaves them mostly out of pocket.
Landlord thinks that there is no need to report the income because there was not profit and thus no tax payable.
This could be for a holiday rental, residential rental or income from an overseas property. This income is taxable in the UK and must be reported.
Due to complex tax rules for rental income and overseas properties, it’s best to check and report the income.
A tax might not be due but a tax return might be!
Business or Company income?
There is a reporting requirements for all business to report and pay relevant taxes.
In the case a business owner has fallen behind because of a successful start up or just extremely tangled in managing daily business activities. This could become a reason for business to fall behind its compliances and have unreported income & tax outstanding.
Luckily HMRC has a soft corner for genuine entrepreneurs trying to make a success.
But remember to declare income, you may not end up paying high taxes you though you would. We will save you taxes!
Foreign income
Cross border income and it’s reporting requirements are complicated. One can easily get confused “I have already reported income overseas”
It is very easy to misunderstand the tax in both countries and can lead to unreported income & tax underpaid.
The rules are different each source of income such as rental income, interest, business income, royalties etc.
Unprompted disclosure where foreign trust or foreign issue is involved can get very complicated and have increased penalties.
Contact us to get started.
Unreported self assessment income
Income for self assessment such as self employment, dividends, interest, capital gains etc need to be reported to HMRC.
Occasionally this could be unreported income & tax omitted from self assessment. Getting the relevant return submitted and taxes paid can avoid a future disaster.
Get in touch with us to get started.
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