I keep contacting Hmrc about different aspects of Mtd . I have also dergisterd a number of clients . I am getting no replies whatsoever If Hmrc were a business I would be threatening court action so what do I do as one problem leads to another . The more I inform clients of what needs to be done on average the less they seem bothered due to the complex nature of what appears to be needed . Any answers might help if they are positive .
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Possibly be a bit more positive in your outlook ?
I'm not a big MTD fan but HMRC have refused to see sense.
I'm not seeing the correlation between .....
I am very positive ....
and
.... it’s draining me of the will to live .
yes it is draining me of the will to live ( at times) BUT I have to remain positive. You can read the post in anyway you want but sarcasm isn't my favourite past time lol .
I agree with you. MTD4VAT is literally a waste of space. And I mean literally. An awful lot of effort with no payback for clients or for HMRC for that matter.
I would perhaps ... no definitely, send emails of complaint to your MP, Mel Stride, Jon Thompson, Theresa May, Philip Hammond, and anyone else who may have any influence over the situation.
I have done this a number of times in the past and although you do tend to get stock answers, it is relatively easy to do by email. Perhaps one email copied to all the others. You can find the official email addresses of these people fairly easily with web searches.
Sending letters to Teresa May and Phil Hammond has got to be the biggest waste of time I have ever heard of.
1. Do you actually expect them to respond to you?
2. If they did respond do you think they would take on
board anything you say?
I think they both have bigger fish to fry currently.
I will look out for the headline though, grumpy accountant brings down government with a stiff letter of MTD.
Surely your time is best off supporting your clients than writing letters that will do no where.
MTD for vat is just something we need to deal and is no dig deal unless you make it one, what is far greater issue is that the 01.04.2020 start date for accounts filing is still in place. Start lobbying that deadline to kick it down the road as there is a greater argument that that business will not be ready for that.
Perhaps you are right.
A far better way to gain publicity would to glue my backside to Theresa May's car, or something wild like that. That would make them think.
Good idea.
Already been kicked to 2021 at the earliest by the spring statement.what is far greater issue is that the 01.04.2020 start date for accounts filing is still in place.
Making Tax Digital (MTD) – Mandatory digital record keeping for VAT for businesses over the VAT
threshold (with turnover over £85,000) comes into force from 1 April. This is an important first step in
this modernisation of the tax system to which the government remains committed. The government can
confirm a light touch approach to penalties in the first year of implementation. Where businesses are
doing their best to comply, no filing or record keeping penalties will be issued. The focus will be on
supporting businesses to transition and the government will therefore not be mandating MTD for any
new taxes or businesses in 2020.
Did you deregister your clients in response to MTD?
Because that makes no sense at all. Much like every single one of your rambling, scaremongering, obscenely negative and pointless posts on the subject.
Did you deregister your clients in response to MTD?
Because that makes no sense at all.
No. It doesn't.
The client has requested deregistration , it's not for me to decide that for them !!!! Is it ?
The point duggimon was making is that, if the client can deregister, MTD isn't one of his problems.
Yet.
I was trying to say that HMRC are not responding in the usual manner toi a host of VAT queries either related to MTD or not and that this lack of response is making the whole process complicated as it means time and effort is going into chasing HMRC up rather than getting on with the job of getting MTD ready.
The client has requested deregistration , it's not for me to decide that for them !!!! Is it ?
Deleted: Forgot the issue isn't MTD related.
With respect to those that have replied, the point the OP was trying to make is that he is getting no response from HMRC regarding legitimate queries made to them, and he is asking for help with this particular problem.
That is all.
I feel the two persons who are being most unhelpful will have quite a few clients who will be unhappy with their services as they seem to enjoy others misfortunes. They could also do with some spectacles as they clearly are not reading the information of other Awebers and numerous other commentators. The word "catty" springs to mind in their unwarranted replies.
Nobody is happy about MTD, nobody thinks HMRC are doing a good job with it, and nobody is pleased about having to deal with it. You and GHarr497688's posts stand out though as being the most pointless, spurious, ill-informed and hyperbolic of all the negative posts on the subject though.
This thread has been worth it to find out you're the same person though, that at least was interesting.
I'm perfectly calm and have offered sensible and informed answers on previous threads but your Chicken Little wailing-and-gnashing-of-teeth approach to MTD is only going to make things harder on yourself and your clients. You constantly repeat the same issues, ignore the good information already posted on the subject and hugely exaggerate the problems, it's hard to take it seriously and very quickly becomes grating.
I don't need to know you or to understand the tone of your posts to know that they are often wrong, deliberately ignorant of the good advice you've already been offered and really just a place for you to vent about what you consider the problems to be, rather than an attempt to help or be helped.
You should ask AccountingWeb to delete one then.Two names was not intentional - calm down please !
If you don't you risk having both deleted as having multiple accounts is not permitted for fairly obvious reasons.
Two names was not intentional - calm down please !
On the plus side, that has halved the problem :-)
You and backwards Gordon have been the most prolific anti-MTD crusaders on here, and whilst two names may not have been intentional, you've used both names many times in the same threads.
What is the issue you are having?
Have you applied to de-register someone for VAT and they have not done it yet.
thats correct - usually HMRC are quick and efficient at this , in the last month any contact is ignored.
Yes I applied online in the usual way - received a response from HMRC and thats it - suppose I will have to write in to ask whats happening . Answered my own question.
So what is the story here? If they are voluntarily registered then they are not in MTD. So, assuming the deregistration is MTD related, are they purposefully trading below the threshold to avoid keeping digital records and, if so, do you think this is the best thing for their business?
VAT complaints 0300 058 7529
Some mtd software suppliers know a lot about mtd, and can be far more helpful than HMRC. I would suggest getting one that helps with mtd registrations and mtd advice, that also have an easy system to use.