The Inland Revenue has strict deadlines for completing returns. Returns come out in April each year. Tax payers have until the end of September to send in their returns if they want the Revenue to work out the tax. If you are prepared to do the sums yourself, the deadline is the end of January. Filing or paying tax after the due date incurs penalties, so this is one set of forms it pays not to ignore.
Investors pay stamp duty each time they buy shares.
On property, stamp duty is in bands. There is no stamp duty on properties costing less than 60,000. The first point of call is the Inland Revenue itself. Most tax offices are open to the public from 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and some are open outside these hours. The Revenue also has a very good web site .