Personal Tax – what are ‘payments on account?’ #AskTheAccountant
15/02/2018
Many more people who submitted a tax return (Self Assessment) for 16/17 found themselves with a much larger than expected tax bill. The main reason for this is that the 16/17 tax year was the first year that the ‘dividend tax’ took effect. Many people were shocked that as well as paying the actual tax owed for 16/17 they also found themselves having to make ‘payments on account’ for 17/18 so in effect a ‘double whammy ‘of tax to pay.
