Nichola Ross Martin

I would guess that quite a few people will have run into problems. I don't mind admitting that I, a qualified accountant of a very long time who thought that they knew their own software inside out discovered that my new MTD returns were throwing up all kinds of oddities - first off it claimed that figures were 'adjusted' when they were not - this is apparently a rounding issue which the software is investigating! So I have no idea about that, but it will be a real worry once the software starts 'talking to HMRC' if it is making errors internally... Then I had a whole section called 'Late Claims' - it transpired that I was not doing something called 'publishing' my old style returns when I created a return and PDF'd it before entering it into HMRC's system (I was not using the software to submit to HMRC pre-MTD as I tried a couple of times and got errors and then got a surcharge warning for not realising it has not filed - once bitten twice shy and all that). I notice from the forums for the software that hundreds of people seem to have had this issue with so called late claims. I ended up having to go back and run a couple of year's returns again and try and work out what on earth was happening. After three days I gave up, I doubt that there is any major loss to HMRC but there was a huge loss to us in terms of my time. I have kept a record of my pathetic efforts to sign up for MTD, see https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/making-tax-digital-vat I still cannot get one of our own companies properly signed up and that is very, very irritating. So yes, if people are not thoroughly investigating what is happening to their so-called 'Late claims' its very likely that their first returns will be wrong.

We have just fallen foul of their extraordinary terms. It seems hard to believe that a company of the size of Lexis Nexis is still trying this on after all this time.

Page 51 of this government handout has an example of an unfair contract term. My advice would to defend any claim via the court if needed and use another supplier.
I would recommend www.rossmartin.co.uk I am of course biased in my recommendation and this is the service I use every day: ). We found that we were not using Lexis stuff at all.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

I am posting this across the numerous threads on this topic. Its now 2019...(yes, obvs, but it seems that this problem back in 2009). We have just fallen foul of their extraordinary terms. It seems hard to believe that a company of the size of Lexis Nexis is still trying this on after all this time.
Page 51 of this government handout - full link below, has an example of an unfair contract term. My advice would to defend any claim via the court if needed and use another supplier.
I would recommend www.rossmartin.co.uk as an alternative information and news service. I am of course biased in my recommendation and this is the service I use every day: ) We found that we were not using Lexis stuff at all.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

We have just fallen foul of their extraordinary terms, it is now 2019... It seems hard to believe that a company of the size of Lexis Nexis is still trying this on after all this time. Page 51 of this government handout has an example of an unfair contract term. My advice would to defend any claim via the court if needed and use another supplier. I would recommend www.rossmartin.co.uk I am of course biased in my recommendation and this is the service I use every day: ). We found that we were not using Lexis stuff at all. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

We have just fallen foul of their extraordinary terms, it is now 2019... It seems hard to believe that a company of the size of Lexis Nexis is still trying this on after all this time. Page 51 of this government handout has an example of an unfair contract term. My advice would to defend any claim via the court if needed and use another supplier. I would recommend www.rossmartin.co.uk I am of course biased in my recommendation and this is the service I use every day: ). We found that we were not using Lexis stuff at all. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

We have just fallen foul of their extraordinary terms. It seems hard to believe that a company of the size of Lexis Nexis is still trying this on after all this time. Page 51 of this government handout has an example of an unfair contract term. My advice would to defend any claim via the court if needed and use another supplier. I would recommend www.rossmartin.co.uk I am of course biased in my recommendation and this is the service I use every day: ). We found that we were not using Lexis stuff at all. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

Xero says its going to take 12 hours to respond. That's too long. Filing deadline was the 7th.

I would not think that it is a lie, we know that investigations are continuing, there is this link
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-10-15.179147.h
and I do know of some other cases, so maybe they have got to 20.

It would depend on whether you are renting it out to someone and reporting rental income as a property business.

Best bet is to get the client to fully cooperate with HMRC. If the client does not then surely you need to consider your position under PCRT? HMRC has exchange agreements in place with other countries and if your client is evading tax then HMRC may well start criminal proceedings. Online platforms are a massive problem for tax authorities, hence the joint and several liability rules and Amazon's reaction.