The last day for submitting online tax returns is the 31 January.
If this deadline isn't met then HMRC will impose a £100 fine, with further fines should the situation become protracted.
The Guardian Small Business Network gives advice on the final preparations businesses should be making.
One area of advice that's often misunderstood is allowable expenses for small businesses working from home.
The Guardian says:
"For previous tax years, HMRC has automatically accepted £3 per week as being reasonable cost for working from home without the need to produce receipts to justify the claim. For 2013-14 onwards, there is a new simple flat rate which covers homes and vehicles, and this can be calculated online."
These new online tools will make it much easier going forward.
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It's worth clarifying, the £3.00 allowable expenses for working from home is for those "employed" to work from home. If you're "employed", you surely don't need to do a self assessment? Maybe i'm wrong or maybe it's the newspaper.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-household.htm
For the self-employed (which includes me), a proportion of your household expenses (dependent on your house/garage/vehicle and how you use it, backed up with the usual evidence of reciepts, is allowable.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/factsheets/expenses-allowances.pdf