2 seperate issues

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Description of Query... I need some advice and help from members on two counts.
1. I have a new client who needs to get in contact with her husband ASAP. They used to live together in France. Therefore, a French search agency or an European counterpart may be helpful.
2. A client has packed up business. He could not submit his returns for some two years, as he was out of the country. He left his business with someone in his absence from UK. This caretaker did not keep proper records. We sent a letter to HMS Revenue & Customs on 11 April 2005 indicating his intentions with his cessation accounts to 5 April 2005. On 14 April we received a big bill calculating some surcharges, etc. What is our recommended next step of action?

Anon

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By AnonymousUser
11th May 2005 12:32

Regarding part 2 of your question
You say that you submitted the Return on 11th April and received a big bill on 14th April. It seems unlikely that the Revenue would have processed the Return that quickly. Do the figures on the bill tie in with the declared income? If they don't, it may simply be that the Revenue has made a Determination - where, in effect, they make their own estimate of the taxable profits. The only way to displace a Determination is to submit a Return - and it may be that the determination has simply crossed in the post with the Return that you submitted.

Of course, the other possibility is that the big bill relates to tax and Nic that had been left unpaid when your client went abroad. When you submitted the cessation accounts, you presumably informed them of the client's current address. They have input this into their system and that has resulted in the issue of the bill.

I recommend that you establish what the big bill relates to. If it is not immediately apparent from the bill itself, give the Revenue a call and ask them to explain.

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