Has anyone any suggestions for freeware tax return software. There are
progs available at cost but It is bad enough having to pay tax let alone
adding insult to injury by having to pay for the software!

Don't believe there is any, unless you earn less than the £20K allowed by
TaxCalc Lite


I tried to use the IR online site but after registration they have to
snail mail a PIN to the applicants registered address.

Not exactly user friendly arrangement.

you only have to do it once though and it works for following years


The online form works well for me.

I had a nightmare with it last year, spent hours online (only have 56K
dialup and have to be online to use it) and it absolutely refused to let me
submit the numbers, tried 2 different PC configurations, but their helpdesk
guys never got to the bottom of it over the phone. So I resorted to
downloading TaxCalc and it worked a charm. So I paid the £15 for this years
CD willingly, it gives you a headstart too by opening last years file so you
don't have to type loads in.


AFAIK you will still need a PIN to electronically submit a tax return from
a
third party package.

Correct

Ian