OUR FRIDAY TOP TEN AT TEN! HMRC have revealed their Top Ten Oddest Excuses for late tax returns. 1. My pet goldfish died (self-employed builder) 2. I had a run-in with a cow (Midlands farmer) 3. After seeing a volcanic eruption on the news, I couldn’t concentrate on anything else (London woman) 4. My wife won’t give me my mail (self-employed trader) 5. My husband told me the deadline was 31 March, and I believed him (Leicester hairdresser) 6. I’ve been far too busy touring the country with my one-man play (Coventry writer) 7. My bad back means I can’t go upstairs. That’s where my tax return is (a working taxi driver) 8. I’ve been cruising round the world in my yacht, and only picking up post when I’m on dry land (South East man) 9. Our business doesn’t really do anything (Kent financial services firm) 10. I’ve been too busy submitting my clients’ tax returns (London accountant) FAILING TO SUBMIT YOUR TAX RETURNS BEFORE JANUARY 31ST WILL RESULT IN A £100 FINE!
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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