An impressive number of taxpayers filed their self assessment returns online over the Christmas and New Year period, as the following HMRC statistics show.
- 25 December 2007: 489
- 26 December 2007: 1,876
- 27 December 2007: 9,622
- 31 December 2007: 10,628
- 1 January 2008: 3,498
- 24 December to 2 January inclusive: 86,482
A total of 1,992,577 returns were received online to 30 December since 6 April 2007. This compares to 1,580,254 online returns received in the same period last year, representing an increase of 26.09%.