The new year is almost upon us and you may have started filling in your phone planner for 2025 or scribbling key dates on next year’s family calendar.
But it’s not just birthdays, weddings and get-togethers to keep in mind – there are various tasks and bits of life admin (some nice, others not-so-nice) to grapple with in 2025.
To make things a little easier, Guardian Money has a month-by-month guide to sorting out your finances.
(Though of course, if you are really keen, there’s nothing to stop you getting stuck into some of these earlier in the year.)
January: sort out your self-assessment form
More than 12 million people need to file a self-assessment tax return for 2023-24, and the deadline for filing is midnight on 31 January 2025. (Although you could do it now: for example, 25,593 people filed their return on New Year’s Eve last year.)
If your affairs aren’t complex, then don’t be daunted. The online process is straightforward and fairly…
