I Owe HMRC £22k Stamp Duty

[tleefox]

Have come home this evening to a letter from HMRC telling me I owe them just shy of £22k, allegedly “an additional payment of £21559 is due.”

We moved House about 6 weeks ago and definitely sent the stamp duty due (£21550) to our solicitors. As a friend is a partner at the firm I’d be surprised if they withheld the money for any reason.

The only other thing I can think is that the property has 2 titles on it, both leasehold and freehold as the previous owners bought the freehold, so whether it has flagged on their system as 2 purchases I’m not sure?

Anyone care to share any wisdom??

[Alucidnation]

Speak to your solicitor?

[ghost83]

Not your problem contact the solicitor and also I'd contact hmrc and hopefully you have done it by electronic transfer so it's all traceable

[Badda]

Alucidnation said:

Speak to your solicitor?

Yes I reckon they would know better than a motoring forum.

[g3org3y]

You definitely sent it to your solicitor?

[55palfers]

You do realise that is more than the amount of corporation tax Cadbury paid on its profits last year, and the year before and before and before, etc..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071835/Ca...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/06/c...

Edited by 55palfers on Wednesday 15th November 19:49

[tleefox]

g3org3y said:

You definitely sent it to your solicitor?

Yes, had it confirmed at the time. And if we hadn’t, the deposit wouldn’t have been paid so we wouldn’t have completed.

[tleefox]

55palfers said:

You do realise that is more than the amount of corporation tax Cadbury paid on its profits last year, and the year before and before and before, etc..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071835/Ca...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/06/c...

Edited by 55palfers on Wednesday 15th November 19:49

Great isn’t it?

[The Moose]

55palfers said:

You do realise that is more than the amount of corporation tax Cadbury paid on its profits last year, and the year before and before and before, etc..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071835/Ca...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/06/c...

Edited by 55palfers on Wednesday 15th November 19:49

Yawn

[tleefox]

ghost83 said:

Not your problem contact the solicitor and also I'd contact hmrc and hopefully you have done it by electronic transfer so it's all traceable

All the money sent to the solicitors was done via CHAPS.

[98elise]

55palfers said:

You do realise that is more than the amount of corporation tax Cadbury paid on its profits last year, and the year before and before and before, etc..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071835/Ca...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/06/c...

Edited by 55palfers on Wednesday 15th November 19:49

How much should they have paid on their profits?

[Little Lofty]

I got a similar demand last year, I had paid it to conveyancer and they had paid it to HMRC a few weeks later, I assume they paid it a bit too late hence the red letter.

[brycheiniog1]

tleefox said:

Have come home this evening to a letter from HMRC telling me I owe them just shy of £22k, allegedly “an additional payment of £21559 is due.”

We moved House about 6 weeks ago and definitely sent the stamp duty due (£21550) to our solicitors. As a friend is a partner at the firm I’d be surprised if they withheld the money for any reason.

We had exactly the same letter when we last moved, except we had been fined as well. It turned out that our solicitors had "forgotten" to make the stamp duty payment to HMRC. They paid up and sent a grovelling letter. I had had enough of solicitors at that point and couldn't be bothered to make more of a fuss..

[g3org3y]

tleefox said:

g3org3y said:

You definitely sent it to your solicitor?

Yes, had it confirmed at the time. And if we hadn’t, the deposit wouldn’t have been paid so we wouldn’t have completed.

Phew, that's good news.

brycheiniog1 said:

tleefox said:

Have come home this evening to a letter from HMRC telling me I owe them just shy of £22k, allegedly “an additional payment of £21559 is due.”

We moved House about 6 weeks ago and definitely sent the stamp duty due (£21550) to our solicitors. As a friend is a partner at the firm I’d be surprised if they withheld the money for any reason.

We had exactly the same letter when we last moved, except we had been fined as well. It turned out that our solicitors had "forgotten" to make the stamp duty payment to HMRC. They paid up and sent a grovelling letter. I had had enough of solicitors at that point and couldn't be bothered to make more of a fuss..

Very annoying, completely understand your frustration and ultimately not bothering to make a fuss. By the end of the house buying process we were sick of chasing/calling/emailing solicitors. Gets fatiguing very quickly.

[Joe M]

Worst "I've just spent 640k on a house" thread ever.

[j80jpw]

Joe M said:

Worst "I've just spent 640k on a house" thread ever.

Or 400k on a second home....

[HSV_V8]

j80jpw said:

Joe M said:

Worst "I've just spent 640k on a house" thread ever.

Or 400k on a second home....

True PistonHeads

[iambigred]

I had the same letter, our solicitors managed to pay our stamp duty against the wrong property with HMRC. They tried to cover it up as HMRC's error, but after ringing HMRC directly myself they revealed the truth. Bloody solicitors.

[51mon]

We've had exactly the same letter (albeit for a significantly lower amount... ).
We completed on 18th Sept, first letter from HMRC was 24th Oct, and now had another (with more interest added) on 7th Nov.
Solicitors say that money has been sent, but not received. I suspect either backlog / system errors at HMRC, or greedy solicitors wanting to earn interest off our cash.....

[V8RX7]

51mon said:

or greedy solicitors wanting to earn interest off our cash

^^^ This

Holding all the SD payments for a few weeks pays for the Xmas coke and hookers