Catalogue of errors (not accountants) caused VAT registration delays

Posted by AccountingWEB in Tax on Thu, 17/07/2008 - 09:56

The auditor general has finally poured cold water on one of last year’s biggest tax myths...

It was a catalogue of system and staffing errors which was responsible for delays in processing new VAT registrations, not accountants after all.

Acting HMRC CEO Dave Hartnett, had on several occasions since April 2007, planted the blame on accountants, well, apparently one firm of accountants as being responsible for causing the huge bottleneck that created the delays in processing

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