| Record numbers of people
completed their self assessment tax
returns online this year, HM Revenue &
Customs (HMRC) has revealed. A total of
6,907,410 people filed online by the 31
January deadline, representing 78 per cent
of all returns submitted. The figure was
just over seven per cent up on the 2010
total, when around 6.4 million people
filed online by 31 January.
On the busiest day for online returns,
31 January, HMRC received a record 572,455
online self assessment returns. The
busiest period was between 4- 5pm on 31
January, when 49,367 returns were
received.
Online filing continued over the
Christmas holidays, with 845 people filing
on Christmas Day, 2,408 on Boxing Day and
16,230 on New Year’s Eve, including 96
between 11pm and midnight. There were also
5,130 online filings on New Year’s Day.
LINK:
Online filing information |
