HMRC Direct Recovery proposal... "we will TAKE what we want"
Discussion
Eric's point is entirely valid.
In my case I had arrived in the UK part way through the tax year and applied for a UTR. Five months later my accountant had completed my tax return and I owed just over £20 000 in tax.
HMRC advised that as I did not have a UTR that I should send a cheque with my NI number written on the back instead of using the UTR (which they hadn't been able to generate in 5 months).
Anyway, got an HMRC letter saying the tax was outstanding so I checked my bank account and the cheque had been cashed so I assumed it was just a timing issue.
Another letter arrived telling me they were taking me to Court for non payment of tax and to call a particular number which I did. I explained that I had paid by cheque with my NI number on the back as I didn't have a UTR and that it had been cashed and told him the day the funds had left my account. The HMRC guy on the phone told me that they had no record of the payment and that they would take payment via a debit or credit card over the phone now. After a few minutes of telling the guy I wasn't paying twice and him telling me I hadn't paid at all I told him to send the summons and I would see them in Court.
I eventually called my accountant and asked him to prepare for a Court hearing over the apparent non payment. He said to leave it with him and miraculously the next day HMRC found the money.
These f**kers will do whatever they want without any basic checks of the facts and the idea that they can dip into our accounts and take what they want is something everyone should resist.
In my case I had arrived in the UK part way through the tax year and applied for a UTR. Five months later my accountant had completed my tax return and I owed just over £20 000 in tax.
HMRC advised that as I did not have a UTR that I should send a cheque with my NI number written on the back instead of using the UTR (which they hadn't been able to generate in 5 months).
Anyway, got an HMRC letter saying the tax was outstanding so I checked my bank account and the cheque had been cashed so I assumed it was just a timing issue.
Another letter arrived telling me they were taking me to Court for non payment of tax and to call a particular number which I did. I explained that I had paid by cheque with my NI number on the back as I didn't have a UTR and that it had been cashed and told him the day the funds had left my account. The HMRC guy on the phone told me that they had no record of the payment and that they would take payment via a debit or credit card over the phone now. After a few minutes of telling the guy I wasn't paying twice and him telling me I hadn't paid at all I told him to send the summons and I would see them in Court.
I eventually called my accountant and asked him to prepare for a Court hearing over the apparent non payment. He said to leave it with him and miraculously the next day HMRC found the money.
These f**kers will do whatever they want without any basic checks of the facts and the idea that they can dip into our accounts and take what they want is something everyone should resist.
PugwasHDJ80 said:
Please don't beleive the hype- the multinationals tax affairs are entirely correct.
Entirely clever, and in most cases legal.Correct depends on whether you think it is correct for a multinational to minimise their tax bills over the civic responsibility to pay toward the country that creates the infrastructure that you operate in.
If the tax affairs were entirely correct why did vodaphone make the deal with Dave hartnett from HMRC in 2010? Seems strange a company would choose to pay tax that wasn't owed.
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