It’s a wrap for self assessment

What did you get up to on Christmas Day? Well, for 4,409 people it was deemed the ideal time to complete their tax return!

Some 40,072 tax payers submitted their returns over the Christmas break, ahead of the January deadline.

HMRC’s festive filing stats show 15:00 to 15:59 was the most popular time to file on 25 December – with 368 returns received.

On Christmas Eve a whopping 23,731 filed, thus avoiding any last-minute shopping, and wrapping.