I received a tax return in the post today; this will be the first time I've ever had to do one.

Well, in fact I received part of a tax return; apparently the policy is for HMRC to send you the pages they think you're most likely to actually need – the exact phrase they use is ‘a Tax Return that we think matches your personal circumstances’ – and if you need any of the other pages, you can phone up and ask to be sent them, or download them and print them out.

The reason I received a tax return in the first place is because I wrote a letter to HMRC last year notifying them that I'd made a small capital gain from some company share options.

I therefore invite my readers to take their best guess at whether the Capital Gains Summary page is one of the pages included in the pack I was sent.

*sigh*