HMRC has confirmed that, when a reasonable excuse has been provided, taxpayers who have filed late tax
returns have been let off paying a £100 fine for missing the deadline.
The "forgiveness" of those with a reasonable excuse is not just down to HMRC trying to be "fair", but also down to the fact that it is facing a backlog of almost a million letters and staff have been taken off call centre duties to work through the mail.
As one loyal reader noted, the mail backlog is the size of Everest!
Tax does have to be taxing.
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They have always waived for a reasonable excuse it's nothing new I don't see why the media are in a tizz about it
ReplyDeleteThe only difference is time we are letting every man and his dog off no matter what the excuse is because we haven't enough staff to clear the backlog!
ReplyDelete....and also the HMRC are publishing the list of "excuses" to avoid the fine....ffs !!!!
DeleteFucking money making scheme. late or not, get your house in order. ffs
ReplyDeletetold you months ago, extortion, don't pay, fucking gastapo parasites
ReplyDeleteIt is a clear case of making a virtue out of a necessity. Staff are overwhelmed with post and phone calls. Ex com is not prepared to admit this to ministers with further cuts in the pipeline. The hope is that costs will be contained by further use of the technology and reducing to some 14 sitesbut the track record is not promising.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't a money making scheme, it is just a measure to make people file on time. Some of the fines are ridiculous and should never have been passed by the powers that be. Giving out the list of excuses that are allowable is stupidity at its very best though. Everyone knows the loop hole if they forget to file next year.
ReplyDeleteRubbish. Everyone knows the special measures here employed are because of the desparate backlog caused by appalling management. The journos have sniffed this and they're being led off the scent by this guff.
ReplyDeleteAgreed 100%......the lame excuse that they are going after the higher value targets is all smoke and mirrors....truly pathetic....the ship is sinking fast......
DeleteI work in local compliance & we were given very short notice that our support & data handling staff would be transferred to contact centre from 1 June 2015 to d/w phone demand. We were also advised that it's likely that they will then assist with the post back log. The staff are expected back September 2015. We were told to plan for this, quite how I don't know. The support staff have access to functionality that we don't have, additionally, they are there to assist with our analysis work etc. So my work is affected through no fault of my own and let's not forget that my PMR does not account for this.This is fire fighting on a scale that I have never seen in my 30 year career in this department and is quite frankly shocking. Senior management should be brave enough to say No to their employer, unfortunately, however, they will simply move on to another department which is now the norm which affects all of the Civil Service. The days of career civil servants who stay with one department are long gone. We reap what we sow.
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DeleteFlexible Working = Crisis Management....when is this Channel 4 documentary on the HMRC due?....what a cover up that will be !!!
ReplyDeleteStill, we are taking on 3000 new staff that know nowt, whilst getting rid of experienced staff. Sounds clever to me. A bloke left my office a month ago, he was like an oracle of taxes. Did we use his knowledge to train someone else up before he left? Nope, we just let him go leaving everyone else to struggle along with no training for the forseeable future.
ReplyDeleteHahaha HMRC are so fcuking stupid they don't know how badly they are loosing. Ever since my encounter with HMRC who unfairly bullied me, I have made it a personal mission to evade as much tax as i can... and I'm winning!! These greedy fcuks will rob you of every penny they can. So why not give them a taste of their own medicine?? Just need a few insiders and BINGO! You're £105k better off per year :) thanks chummies
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