Short Tax Return: Tax Paid on Account - which section do I put in that information?

[walkthedinosaur]

I hate, hate, hate, doing my tax form - me and maths just don't get on. I think I've managed to get my expenses cracked, but where on earth do I submit the amount of money that I have already paid in tax for this year? I keep looking at the form, looking at the help book, then looking at the amount they want me to pay by the end of January and then looking at this figure that I've already paid and I don't know where to put it.

Sorry if I sound hysterical but I am.

If anybody can hold my hand and guide me I would be very grateful.

Many thanks.

If you are employed, tax de.ducted from your pay goes in box 2.3

Are you talking about payments on account that you made in January and June 2009? You don't put these on the return, HMRC already know about them.

When you file the return on-line (it is too late for paper filing now), after you have entered everything it will show you how much you have already paid on account and tell you how much to pay.

They could make this much more obvious on the form

Although last year - my payments on account didn't show up on my onscreen calculation and I had to phone them and they said 'ah yes I can see that amount here - just pay what you calculate and it will work out ok!'

Thanks yes. Exactly the same thing has happened on my onscreen calculation which is why I was asking where to put the figure, in fact it told me that it hadn't taken the amount into account. I have decided just to pay the difference.

Thanks again for your help, as you say the form wasn't very clear and I'm not very mathematically minded.