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HMRC’s stealth taxation through technology

jon October 10, 2009 accounts, Carter, customer service, customers, HM Revenue, HMRC, small business, tax returns, tax software, taxpayer 2 Comments

The Revenue is introducing a new requirement to force agents to submit company accounts on-line in XBRL format from April 2011. Let me quote from their website:“Company Tax Returns and XBRLXBRL stands for Extensible Business Reporting Language, which is an international standard designed for business financial reporting. At the moment accounts and other attachments to online CT600 returns can be sent in PDF format. From April 2011 (and for all CT600 returns due after 31 March 2011) we expect that all CT600 returns will have to be sent online, and will have to … Continue Reading

More in sorrow than in anger – Jobcentre bully

jon October 01, 2009 accounts, benefit, customer service, housing, Husband and wife, income, Jobcentre, public servant, taxpayer, true and fair, unemployed, unfair 2 Comments

I heard something this week in the course of business that really upset me, and it has spared you, until I get around to it, a commentary on what activity might constitute trading and what might not.I saw one of my clients this week to collect her books and those of her husband as they are both self-employed. Mrs. Y works with children. Times have been hard and generally people do not want to pay for luxuries and extras even for their children; hence Mr & Mrs Y as I shall call them have both been struggling … Continue Reading

HMRC and customer service

jon August 16, 2009 customer service, customers, deceased, elderly, HM Revenue, HMRC, low income, Tax Aid, tax returns No Comments

I wrote recently about Government and in particular HMRC disenfranchising the non-technical population. It is a sad situation, and it means that some perfectly intelligent people and in particular those of an older age group, or perhaps those who work with their hands have to employ people like me to do tasks with which they could have coped if dealing in paper.Because there is almost no one in HMRC with whom the ordinary population can speak who actually knows anything about tax, taxpayers just have to grub along or pay someone else. It gets worse as demonstrated … Continue Reading