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I can understand some confusion maybe but it seems it is the daily penalties that were being objected to - meaning that an initial £100 penalty had been ignored.
Unless wrong information had been given on enquiring about these (and I have successfully challenged penalties where HMRC have given their customers wrong information) the issues should have been resolved as a result of the earlier notices.
It's to do with attitude. Most of us here are professional "filers" and know what type of responses we should be getting when filing data electronically to HMRC. But on occasions, even we sometimes get caught out.
The problem for HMRC is that they are expecting that, under MTD, the general public will suddenly be instantly up to speed on all the requirements of filing using computers and will be switched on and alert to what to do if and when things don't proceed smoothly.
I think this is an extremely optimistic assumption on behalf of HMRC.
Isn't that one of the purposes of MTD? Penalise the tax payer so much when they get it wrong so that they either go on to PAYE or learn everything themselves so Accountants aren't needed. A bit like TM hoping for a bigger majority.
If that is the attitude of HMRC, then there is something seriously wrong with democracy in this country. They are civil SERVANTS. They are supposed to serve us, not us serve them.
That is the attitude of HMRC, and there is something seriously wrong with democracy in this country
I think HMRC attitude stems from the Gordon Brown days where (getting it right) nobody should do anything to reduce their tax bill.
Of course some of the big boys and celebs have measures in place that mean they pay little or no tax. The only way HMRC can get that back is penalise the smaller concern. If MTD does actually come in for the smaller business then penalties for the slightest mistake will be high.
Has there been any information out yet as to if spreadsheets can be used to import information, with MTD or will the normal S/A be available, but with it needing to be completed the 4 times with the final submission at the end of the year? Non of my clients use software, and I pull all of the information together into spreadsheets and produce accounts on those, then imput the information onto the HMRC S/A Software