{"id":2012,"date":"2026-08-13T14:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:45:39","slug":"hmrc-penalties-you-stopped-being-self-employed-but-hmrc-wasnt-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/hmrc-penalties-you-stopped-being-self-employed-but-hmrc-wasnt-told\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC penalties: You stopped being Self-Employed but HMRC wasn\u2019t told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people believe that once they stop working as self-employed, they no longer need to file a Self Assessment tax return. However, if HMRC still expects a return from you, simply not submitting it can result in automatic penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closing your business or becoming employed does not automatically cancel your Self Assessment obligations. You should inform HMRC that you no longer need to complete a tax return. Until this is confirmed, filing deadlines still apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Failing to notify HMRC can lead to a \u00a3100 late filing penalty, with additional penalties and interest if the situation continues. If your circumstances have changed, it is always better to update HMRC as soon as possible rather than assume your record has been closed automatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people believe that once they stop working as self-employed, they no longer need to file a Self Assessment tax return. However, if HMRC still expects a return from you, simply not submitting it can result in automatic penalties. Closing your business or becoming employed does not automatically cancel your Self Assessment obligations. You should&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/hmrc-penalties-you-stopped-being-self-employed-but-hmrc-wasnt-told\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2040,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}