Frequently Asked Questions

We have easy forms for you to enter detailed financial information or you have the option, on the forms, to only enter expense totals from your own records. This is very useful, especially if you are self employed or if you receive rental income from property.

If you wish, on entering a single total, you can upload your own summarised records in the form of Word document, PDF or spreadsheet in support of the forms for us to check over.  We can analyse these to your maximum benefit and utilise them in the preparation of your tax return.

The uploading of documentation is entirely at your choice and not compulsory.

When you register and submit the ‘My Details’ form you will receive an immediate quotation which, in most cases, will be the standard £130 inclusive, regardless of where you are resident.  The only time this will vary is if there is a complex matter concerning your tax return, such as a Capital Gain (see following FAQs), Tax Treaty Claim or Foreign Income entry and even then, in most cases, it only adds a small amount to the fee (normally £25 – see ‘Fees’ menu item).  

Any fee additions are to cover additional documentation and the extra element of support.  You do not have to proceed on receipt of the quotation and there is absolutely no cost to you up to this point.

There are only two fixed forms required in the Taxeezy process; the ‘My Details’ form, (required to start the process) and the ‘Essentials’ form. Both of these forms can easily be completed in a matter of minutes.

In between are the financial forms of which, in most cases, only one is required. If your circumstances are slightly more complicated there may be more forms, however, the Taxeezy concept ensures that you will not be presented with any more information or requirements than your particular circumstance dictate.

This is why we can honestly say that your own input can be limited to just a few minutes of your time.

This is a ten digit ‘Unique Tax Reference’ which is required in all cases in order to file a tax return online. This is required as an entry on our ‘Essentials’ form and therefore all other stages, including tax calculation and payment summary can proceed without this number if you are waiting for one.

If you don’t have a UTR number, we can advise you on how to apply and provide the applicable link for you. We do this entirely free of charge.

Please note that obtaining this number can take up to six weeks, so it should be applied for as soon as receiving our advice on the method applicable to your circumstances.

Yes, within the scope of our £130 service we can go back and file online up to three tax years preceding the current due tax return.

Earlier tax returns cannot be filed online and have to be produced for manual signing and posting to HMRC.

The ‘My Details’ form within the customer login has a drop down menu which you use to select the required tax year. If you have multiple tax returns to submit, you select the earliest tax year required.

Yes. You can contact us using our internal messaging system or secure authenticated email. Our experienced support team is on hand to assist throughout the process and guarantee to answer any query promptly.

Yes. If you want to add something that you may have forgotten or remove something that isn’t applicable, you can tell us about the changes.  We will then send you a revised return for your approval.  This involves no extra cost to you.

Yes we will. As soon as we have your emailed approval in the form of an ‘electronic signature’ we will file your return.  We will also send you the HMRC confirmation of submission which legally links to the tax return by way of the IR mark.

Tax Return Preparation - Our fee becomes payable upon completion of the first draft tax return, which we will upload to your secure Taxeezy account for a review and an approval.

All ‘Other’ Services - Our fee is payable in advance, before commencement of the service. The service will be initiated by Taxeezy upon successful receipt of the advance fee payment.

Tax Return Preparation – When you open your draft tax return document, you will be taken to our secure payment portal to make a card payment.

All ‘Other’ Services – When you submit an application to us for any of our ‘Other’ services, you will be taken to our secure payment portal to make a card payment.

Allowable expenses are the costs that you pay out in the course of your business or property rental and, in some cases, PAYE employment.  You can’t claim for non-business or personal items.

The Taxeezy forms guide you on the available categories and full support is always available for any detailed queries on the subject.

Capital allowances are tax reliefs on expenditure in buying, creating or improving a business asset that you need in order to earn the profits of your business.

So, for example, the cost of buying a van for your business is capital expenditure on which you may be able to claim a capital allowance.  If the item is eligible and purchased within the tax year we may be able to claim the full cost of the item in one go using AIA (annual investment allowance). Other examples of capital expenditure include the cost of buying machinery, computers, fixtures and office furniture.

The Taxeezy forms give guidance on this, however, if there is anything you don’t understand, we can advise you on this as we process your tax return.

If you are self employed one of the most common expenses is running your vehicle, simply add up the miles travelled exclusively for business and compare this with the total miles travelled in the tax year.  This will enable you  to work out the business use percentage.

For example, if the total cost of running your car is £10,000 a year and 50% of the use of the car is for business, you may claim £5,000 as an expense. Normally this method is used when there is a capital allowance claim on the vehicle in question.

Yes there is. There are two ways in which you can claim this expense against your income.

The direct method as detailed above or by using HMRC’s fixed rate mileage method. The mileage method will involve keeping accurate records of your business journeys including from, and return to, your business base.

You cannot claim the mileage method once you have claimed capital allowances on a particular vehicle and therefore this is a decision to be taken carefully, particularly if you have high business miles and a fuel efficient vehicle which can actually make the mileage method more tax efficient in the long term against a capital allowances plus expenses claim.

Yes. You can also claim interest on a loan for the purpose of buying the vehicle applied in the percentage that the vehicle is used for business. Also business parking and toll charges.

You may also be able to claim a depreciation allowance (capital allowance, see previous item) for the cost of the the vehicle. Normally the allowance (writing down allowance) will be 18% of the cost per annum on a reducing balance basis.

Vans and defined business vehicles are eligible for AIA (annual investment allowance) whereupon the full cost may be able to be claimed in ‘one hit’ if purchased in the tax year of the tax return.

Capital Gains Tax is the tax payable on the gain or profit you make when you sell or transfer assets.  It applies to assets that you own, such as shares or property, machinery etc.

There’s a tax-free allowance and some additional reliefs that may reduce your Capital Gains Tax bill.

There are exclusions to gains made on certain assets and often there will be no tax to pay, particularly on gains made when you sell your principal private residence. Non-Residents also now have to report the disposal of UK land and property.

This can be a fairly complex area, so if you think you have made a Capital Gain during the tax year in question select this circumstance on the ‘My Details’ form and our support team will run over the details with you, directing you on the information to provide.