8.48m (up from 7.93m last year) returns were filed online by 31 January 2014. This represents 84.5% of all returns received – a record-breaking percentage. With around 10.74m 2012/13 tax returns due by 31 January, this means that 93.4% met the deadlines – 31 October for paper and 31 January for online. This is the highest percentage of on-time returns ever recorded. The busiest day for online returns was 31 January, when HMRC received 569,847. The busiest hour occurred between 4pm and 5pm on the same day, when 45,706 returns – more than 12 per second – were received. And 21,027 people filed their online return between 11pm and midnight on deadline day.
8.48m (up from 7.93m last year) returns were filed online by 31 January 2014. This represents 84.5% of all returns received – a record-breaking percentage. With around 10.74m 2012/13 tax returns due by 31 January, this means that 93.4% met the deadlines – 31 October for paper and 31 January for online. This is the highest percentage of on-time returns ever recorded. The busiest day for online returns was 31 January, when HMRC received 569,847. The busiest hour occurred between 4pm and 5pm on the same day, when 45,706 returns – more than 12 per second – were received. And 21,027 people filed their online return between 11pm and midnight on deadline day.
