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  • VAT tax return misunderstanding

    I had a job for 1 month in January/February this year where I counted as self employed. As a result I had to register as self employed and VAT, and I got a letter with a penalty point in September saying that I was late filling in a tax return, as I didn’t know much about it at the time, and it said I owed a little money. So I filled in a self assessment tax return on HMRC and sent it off and it turned out they owed me a lot more than I owed them, which they paid me, and around the same time I put on the system that I’m no longer self employed. But just this month I got another letter and another penalty point, saying a VAT tax return that I am supposed to send is overdue for the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 and I owe about £18. I thought I settled this back in September. To add to this I can’t see anything on my HMRC account about owing any money, or VAT tax returns. Please can you help me.