I wrote to HMRC, Blencathra House, Whitehaven on 8 October 2010 appealing against a CIS Penalty. Yesterday (10/11/10), Royal Mail delivered my letter back marked "We were unable to deliver this item because addressee gone away". Is this true?
Oddly, I received another penalty yesterday for the same client from Blencathra House, Whitehaven.
Is this a Royal Mail error or have HMRC finally gone away?
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HMRC gone away
You wish! I can't trace them in my list what is the office reference number?
HMRC
My tax system shows the following, which therefore sounds as if it is a Royal Mail mistake
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Tax office telephone number 0845 3000 62
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Sorry it got eradicted by mistake - here it is
Blencathra House, Queens Dock, Tangier Street, Whitehavne, Cumbria, CA28 7UW 0845 3000 627
Yes they have .........
.............. and it's frustrating to say the least that penalty notices, incorrect ones at that, are still being issued from that address after they have done an Elvis and left the building! It beggars belief that no post forwarding mechanism was put in place, but should we expect any different in this day and age?
Here is the new address to contact HMRC re stuff previously dealt with at Whitehaven.
North East Metropolitan Area
Fountain Court119 Grange RoadMiddlesboroughTS1 2XA
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This happened earlier this year when W Lancs / W Cheshire employers unit at Leigh moved to Bootle.
We also had post (nothing important, only P11D submissions!) returned as "Gone away." Is it really beyond HMRC to have a central office which sorts out postal redirections (or why not just pay for redirection)?
And, yes, notices and correspondence continued to be issued with the old address.