Settlor-interested trusts and other SA gremlins logged on HMRC list
An AccountingWEB member who had trouble filing a tax return for a settlor-interested trust has highlighted the need to keep an eye on HMRC's Exclusion list for filing 2007-08 tax returns online. John Stokdyk reports.
The list of 2007-08 exclusions for online filing details situations where taxpayers and agents will not be able to file returns online.
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The Revenue website states that where you are using approved developers software you can file a paper version of a computer generated copy of the return. However, see the link below as the return must be printed in greyscale and not black and white.
Wrong advice from HMRC online helpdesk
Rebecca, in that case HMRC online helpdesk are giving out wrong advice as I was advised yesterday that I MUST download the tax return from HMRC website & complete by hand - my computer generated exact copy would not be accepted.
Not quite
Actually, if you have software that produces an "identical" version of the return you can use computer output. If it is not clear, check with your software provider. This concession was introduced by HMRC to save accountants hand writing returns at this time of the year. It is a work around for emergencies only, but it works fine!
Hand written paper copy!!
Don't forget the paper copy must be handwritten and not just printed straight from your software!!
Thanks for your comments
Christopher. We paraphrased the query by the contributor, and anonymised it, and it lost something in the translation. The piece above has been edited to reflect your comments.