Thursday 3 April 2008

Having a Laugh

Having a LaughIt is refreshing to see that, despite their problems, HMRC does have a sense of humour.

I am advised that during the course of a tax enquiry into the affairs of a taxpayer, who paid CIS tax on all earnings, HMRC asked the source of a "suspicious" bank deposit in 2006 (Note, all other items had been cleared).

No prizes for guessing the source of this "suspicious" deposit.

Yes, that's right, it was a tax refund from the previous year's tax return (ie it came from HMRC)!

It was even supported by HMRC's own notification of tax repayment.

HMRC were just having a laugh, yes?

Tax does have to be taxing.

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2 comments:

  1. A laugh indeed:)
    Exactly the same thing happened to an old client of mine. And HMRC were really sure they had found something!
    www.tax-sorted.biz

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