who can gain entry to your house these days?

[bryan35]

Police with a warrant,
Gas board
customs and excise,
??

Edited by bryan35 on Wednesday 31st October 15:01

[R_U_LOCAL]

The Police don't always need a warrant.

[tigger1]

Council tax valuation people?

[fatboy b]

me & the missus

[Dibble]

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

SOCA as well I'd imagine.

[Plotloss]

Dibble said:

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

But strangely still want cheques written to HMCE

I reckon theres an elaborate VAT scam going on.

[Dibble]

Plotloss said:

Dibble said:

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

But strangely still want cheques written to HMCE

I reckon theres an elaborate VAT scam going on.

Didn't know that.

There are still prblems when doing jobs with HMRC, as a lot of the "Revenue" officers don't have the same powers as the "Customs" guys... it was obviously overlooked during the merger!

[daveenty]

Plotloss said:

Dibble said:

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

But strangely still want cheques written to HMCE

I reckon theres an elaborate VAT scam going on.

Matter of interest here.....

I've just posted my VAT return off yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind, and noticed on the green form they state: Cheques to be made payable to HM Customs & Excise, yet on the envelope flap (the final check-list) they want them made payable to HM Revenue and Customs. I did the latter.

I just assumed that they were using old forms, thereby saving us (as taxpayers) loads of money.

[Plotloss]

daveenty said:

Plotloss said:

Dibble said:

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

But strangely still want cheques written to HMCE

I reckon theres an elaborate VAT scam going on.

Matter of interest here.....

I've just posted my VAT return off yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind, and noticed on the green form they state: Cheques to be made payable to HM Customs & Excise, yet on the envelope flap (the final check-list) they want them made payable to HM Revenue and Customs. I did the latter.

I just assumed that they were using old forms, thereby saving us (as taxpayers) loads of money.

Shit.

I only mentioned that as I did mine yesterday too.

I went on the form

Sure its fine.

Arse.

[SirSimon]

british gas, and im not joking.

[vonhosen]

Burglars

[7db]

Dibble said:

There are still prblems when doing jobs with HMRC, as a lot of the "Revenue" officers don't have the same powers as the "Customs" guys... it was obviously overlooked during the merger!

The Customs officers are great for kicking doors down and leave it swinging by the hinges, but the Revenue have truly awesome powers to kick your life down and leave that swinging by the hinges. Read the Act - it's mind-numbing - they can all but raise a private army to go raping and pillaging.

[biglepton]

Anyone who isn't scared of my dogs, shotguns and rifles. . . . .

[streaky]

A long list, and set to get longer - Streaky

In addition to above, under various circumstances:
Landlord (to rented property)
TV Licensing Authority
Electricity supplier
Environment Agency

[mel]

Plotloss said:

daveenty said:

Plotloss said:

Dibble said:

bryan35 said:

customs and excise

[pedant]Known as HM Revenue and Customs nowadays.[/pedant]

But strangely still want cheques written to HMCE

I reckon theres an elaborate VAT scam going on.

Matter of interest here.....

I've just posted my VAT return off yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind, and noticed on the green form they state: Cheques to be made payable to HM Customs & Excise, yet on the envelope flap (the final check-list) they want them made payable to HM Revenue and Customs. I did the latter.

I just assumed that they were using old forms, thereby saving us (as taxpayers) loads of money.

Shit.

I only mentioned that as I did mine yesterday too.

I went on the form

Sure its fine.

Arse.

I guess we all did them yesterday

I put HM Revenue & Customs but then agaian that's because I never read bloody forms properly, & love a good row with them when they slap a surcharge for something like that, is the NI/PAYE cheque still Revenue & Customs as well?

[mel]

What about those blokes with the big 4x4's, flashing lights & hi viz jackets you see on the motorway now days, can they come in ?

[esselte]

mel said:

What about those blokes with the big 4x4's, flashing lights & hi viz jackets you see on the motorway now days, can they come in ?

No but they'll stand outside with their hands in their pockets and watch while everyone else does.....

[Chrispy Porker]

No-one unless I shut the dogs away..

[killsta]

Anybody can enter if they think life may be endangered....apart from paramedics.

Figure that one out.

[tigger1]

killsta said:

Anybody can enter if they think life may be endangered....apart from paramedics.

Figure that one out.

The act of criminal damage can not ( I think) be committed by anyone who does something in the belief they are preventing a crime - in the case of entering somebody's property to rescue hem from fire / incident (illness) - I THINK that anyone may do so, so long as they believe that the person inside would reasonably have consented.

Hmmm....I read that on here, I'm sure of it!