A few weeks ago The Telegraph got hold of a leaked memo from HMRC saying that it lacked sufficient resources to check in detail every reasonable excuse offered for a late tax return. Because of [...]
Just over a week ago HMRC issued a press release (below) saying how they took former HMRC employee to court. Not only had Neil James Foster not declared his income (from trading games consoles, [...]
Tax officials no longer check why someone was unable to submit self-assessment forms if they provide a “reasonable” excuse HMRC have been automatically sending out £100 penalties to [...]