{"id":260,"date":"2026-10-05T16:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/?p=260"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:06:28","slug":"new-self-assessment-registration-service-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"New self-assessment registration service launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>HMRC has launched an improved online service to make it easier for individuals to register for self-assessment. Anyone who needs to submit a tax return for the first time for the 2025-26 tax year should notify HMRC by 5 October 2026 to avoid a potential penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The new service is available through a Personal Tax Account and includes pre-populated information, online support during registration and the ability to save and return without losing information. Taxpayers will also receive confirmation by email or text when their registration is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Once registered, taxpayers receive a Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR), which is needed to complete their tax return. Under the new service, the UTR should appear in the taxpayer&#8217;s online account within 72 hours, instead of taking up to 15 days to arrive by post.<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers who are unsure whether they need to submit a tax return can use HMRC&#8217;s online checking tool. Those who need to register may include newly self-employed individuals with gross trading income above \u00a31,000, a new partner in a business partnership and taxpayers with more than \u00a32,500 of untaxed income.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submitting the 2025-26 self-assessment tax return and paying any tax due is 31 January 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who no longer needs to complete a tax return should tell HMRC as soon as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until HMRC confirms that a self-assessment return is no longer required, taxpayers should continue to meet their self-assessment filing obligations.<\/p>\n<p>The new registration service is currently available to individual taxpayers with a Personal Tax Account. Agents must continue to use the existing registration processes, including using forms CWF1 or an SA1, to register.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HMRC has launched an improved online service to make it easier for individuals to register for self-assessment. Anyone who needs to submit a tax return for the first time for the 2025-26 tax year should notify HMRC by 5 October 2026 to avoid a potential penalty. The new service is available through a Personal Tax [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfield-accountancy.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}