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This is effectively extortion and HMRC has everyone over a barrel here, as following that previous Tribunal case no-one wants to appeal these, as even if you win there is no smoke without fire (and your laundry is washed in public etc.) and so it's best to avoid that career limiting problem and simply pay up even if you're totally innocent like that other bloke was (especially if you have an unusual name that comes up on Google searches).
oh come on this doesn't hold much water. the real extortion is for example late payment surcharges for small business VAT traders evening one day late. £5,000 is small beer for someone on £+150k
Yes; that too (with crazy penalties like that (muggers etc. get off with a lot less) is it any wonder people bend over backwards not to be VAT registered in the 1st place)!
If only we could fine the HMRC for the mess that they create on the RTI Paye gateway and the hours we spend trying to get them to correct their mistakes
I have never had a problem with RTI what sort of problems arise. I seem to have problems with everything else!
Have to agree with Liz, the time wasted on trying to get HMRC to operate reasonably efficiently must cost the country millions. I reckon about 50% of calls to HMRC end up with the 'phone put down in despair and about half of the successful calls do not resolve the problem and if you're dealing with DMB you can put that to at least 75% because they really haven't a clue.
Perhaps we ought to have a complaints month where everyone complains to the Chancellor when the system cracks up. A good result of that would be that he couldn't then do his real job which would be to everyone's benefit.