HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently revealed that more than 2,700 Self Assessment tax returns were filed on Christmas Day.
And now, they have announced that almost 18,000 customers chose to start the New Year by filing their tax returns on January 1st, with 1,943 completing their returns between 3pm and 3.59pm.
Around 5.4 million Self Assessment customers have less than a month to complete their tax return ahead of the deadline on January 31st - HMRC expects 12.1 million tax returns to be filed this year.
Around 55 per cent have already filed their returns, with more than 6.2 million choosing to submit online - the equivalent of some 93 per cent of all completed returns.HMRC is urging everyone who has still to file a tax return to act.
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