Paying HMRC fine
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M1AGM

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3,626 posts

48 months

Monday 4th August
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Got a £100 fine for not submitting the return for an EMI scheme in time. This was due to our previous accountants being a bunch of wkers and not sending the information over when we moved away from them earlier this year.

What has surprised me is that trying to pay it online is impossible it seems. I have tried with both NatWest (says it can’t send the payment) and Barclays (says the receiving bank doesn’t accept faster payments).

It is bizarre. Anyone else come across this?

Ham_and_Jam

3,134 posts

113 months

Monday 4th August
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I always pay everything non direct debit through the HMRC portal, does the payment reference begin with an X?

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/pay

M1AGM

Original Poster:

3,626 posts

48 months

Monday 4th August
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Ham_and_Jam said:
I always pay everything non direct debit through the HMRC portal, does the payment reference begin with an X?

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/pay
Ooo thanks for that.

Yes the reference starts with an X. I’ll give that a go tomorrow.