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You have now reached the stage of your life where you should be enjoying the rewards your hard work has earned.
To help you maintain control with at least the tax part of your financial issues, TaxPenny is here to work with you for a peace of mind.
TaxPenny will complete your tax return ensuring that you are paying the correct amount of tax through your pensions and savings.
If you're a UK taxpayer you should keep a record of the tax you pay each year and other records relating to your income.
You should keep any documents relating to:
You should keep:
You should keep all:
You should also keep:
If you get income from letting out a property, you'll need to keep details of the rents you've received and the expenses you've paid. Find out more about our rental accounts service.
You'll need to keep any dividend vouchers, tax certificates and personal financial records. Find out more about Capital Gains.
You should keep information on any share options awarded or share participation arrangements.
You'll need to keep contracts and other documentation about assets you've bought, sold, exchanged, given away or acquired. You should also keep any bills, invoices or other evidence of payment such as bank statements and cheque stubs for the costs of buying, improving or selling assets - as well as copies of any valuations used in your calculations. More about Capital Gains here.
All this information will be useful in completing your Self Assessment return. You'll need to keep certain records and hold on to them for several years so that you can back up the information you put on your return.
If you're not running a business you'll normally have to keep your records for at least 22 months from the end of the tax year to which they relate. For example a form P60 for the tax year 2006-07 mustn't be destroyed until after 31 January 2009.
It's advisable to keep documents relating to buying or improving assets until at least 22 months after the end of the tax year in which you disposed of the asset. These documents will help you calculate any capital gains or losses and answer any queries we have. For example if you dispose of an asset in February 2007 you must keep any records relating to its purchase, improvement and disposal until after 31 January 2009.
If your records are lost or destroyed and you can't replace them you must tell us what has happened and do your best to recreate them.
Once you've gathered replacement information you use this to complete your tax return. You must tell us whether any provisional figures are:
If you make adjustments at a later date and you've underpaid tax there may be interest and penalties to pay.