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- 1. They Lie
- 2. HMRC use criminal interview techniques
- 3. The lifestyle questionnaire is from hell
- 4. They will demand evidence, but refuse say what evidence they want!
- 5. They blackmail
- 6. In the absence of evidence you can be taxed on their estimates of what they believe you should be earning!
- 7. They invite you to call
- 8. Information given to the complaints team will go straight back to the investigating officer.
- 9. The final figures are hidden until it’s too late.
- 10. They will send you a bill – even if they know you are appealing
- 11. The final figures are not the final figures
- Mail article – Key protection clause is dropped from rules
- Mail article – Work is so taxing at Revenue
- Sunday Times article – dirty tricks
- 15 things they don’t want you to know
- 1. It’s not easy
- 2. They don’t read their own returns
- 3. You can lower the chances of being investigated
- 4. The burden of proof is on you
- 5. You get the expenses they allow / you negotiate
- 6. They work on a case by case basis
- 7. The investigators are on commission
- 8. You can see the files HMRC hold on you
- 9. The settlement figure is often NOT what it appears to be
- 10. You can read their manuals
- 11. You can email all the HMRC bosses
- 12. HMRC has double standards
- 13. They are not happy
- 14. Information HMRC give out is often incorrect and incomplete.
- 15. HMRC is blurring the difference between ‘avoidance’ and ‘evasion’
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- 02/15/2012 • Blogoliday
- 01/27/2012 • HMRC extends self-assessment tax deadline
- 01/26/2012 • Hartnett points the finger
- 01/24/2012 • HAVE YOU FILED YOUR TAX RETURN YET?
- 01/16/2012 • Tips to make completing your Tax Return a little less painful – Some timely advice from the good people at Holder & Combes
- 12/20/2011 • MPS SLAM ‘COSY’ HMRC TAX DEAL
- 12/09/2011 • Tax Boss to go
- 11/23/2011 • Is tax too complex?
- 11/03/2011 • Should I complain – HMRC boss says YES
- 10/31/2011 • HMRC quizzed over bullying tactics
- 10/30/2011 • Tax rebates stolen by Revenue and Customs hackers – from today’s Sunday Times
- 10/28/2011 • Closing the tax gap
- 10/27/2011 • Does HMRC owe you cash?
- 10/16/2011 • HMRC boss forced to answer questions – well sort of
- 09/20/2011 • All new revised book now in stock
- 08/09/2011 • HMRC use new powers for a battering
- 08/05/2011 • Open letter to HMRC boss Mike Clasper
- 07/30/2011 • Treasury select committee kick HMRC ass
- 07/24/2011 • The Sunday Times says, “It’s time to take on the taxman”
- 06/06/2011 • The mystery of EM2097
- 05/20/2011 • Watchdog report on HMRC – Tax doesn’t have to be threatening…
- 05/19/2011 • HMRC will go for tax ‘light touch’
- 04/13/2011 • 0845 – where is the cash?
- 03/22/2011 • HMRC to tighten investigation net
- 02/22/2011 • HMRC gets tough on persistent tax evaders
- 01/31/2011 • Deadline today
- 01/27/2011 • So it’s not just me then!
- 01/21/2011 • Your Interview with HMRC
- 01/15/2011 • 11 Dirty Tricks
- 01/14/2011 • SMEs to get a HMRC kicking
- 01/13/2011 • What happened to the ESC A19 Flowchart?
- 12/19/2010 • A laugh in this stressful time
- 12/05/2010 • The rats have been in
- 12/01/2010 • Fear and Loathing at HMRC
- 11/25/2010 • New tax errors could spoil Christmas for thousands
- 11/24/2010 • Wot no email?
- 10/13/2010 • More tax errors from HMRC
- 09/23/2010 • HMRC to introduce lie detector tests
- 09/11/2010 • Revenue and Customs boss says he need not apologise
- 08/22/2010 • OMG looks like HMRC is getting the message!
- 08/02/2010 • A joke from hell
- 07/05/2010 • Story behind the Mail on Sunday piece
- 07/02/2010 • Tax Story for Mail on Sunday
- 06/23/2010 • New Business Cards
- 06/22/2010 • TaxAid Conference
- 02/12/2010 • Stop the Press
- 02/11/2010 • Press Request, will Dave step up?
- 01/27/2010 •
- 01/27/2010 • HMRC HQ Demo
- 01/17/2010 • Double Bubble
- 01/12/2010 • CAMPAIGN – Posters
- 11/17/2009 • New Face of Tax-Hell
- 10/08/2009 • The Adjudicator Writes
- 09/04/2009 • Now the Adjudicator
- 07/09/2009 • Sprit of 1905
- 06/20/2009 •
- 06/17/2009 • Tax Investigation for Dummies: everything you wanted to know about a tax investigation but were two afraid (or skint) to ask
- 04/03/2009 • The End
- 12/25/2008 • Robert Frost/The Road Not Taken:
- 07/04/2008 • QED ESC A19
- 07/02/2008 • Happy Birthday!
- 06/20/2008 • The S-Word
- 06/05/2008 • trench warfare
- 05/28/2008 • Tax Hell is up for a New Statesman / New Media Award
- 05/23/2008 • Reply To Chris Cumming
- 05/16/2008 • A Plug For A Shit Site
- 04/17/2008 • Accounting Web News Story
- 04/09/2008 • Bad advice for Jacqui
- 04/06/2008 • Sunday Times
- 03/18/2008 • Leader or Actor
- 03/17/2008 • Bad News
- 03/14/2008 • Penalty cut by 15 % – and hold the flogging
- 03/04/2008 • Affront to natural justice
- 02/29/2008 • Fan Mail
- 02/26/2008 • Lamper Gets her Cage Rattled
- 02/21/2008 • Song for Karen
- 02/16/2008 • You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill
- 02/13/2008 • Open letter to fred.chapman@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk about discovery
- 02/11/2008 • The Cost of Investigation
- 01/15/2008 • A reply from Mr Meekings! "I have been asked to delete any future emails from you on receipt."
- 01/15/2008 • J Lamper, Are you still an Inspector of Taxes?
- 01/15/2008 • Who is really managing this investigation? Open email to peter.meekings@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
- 01/07/2008 • Email to the Boss
- 01/07/2008 • ESC A19 – HMRC Code for "Official Error"
- 01/03/2008 • Let's go to the Special Commissioner ASAP
- 12/20/2007 • I'm Henry VIII I am, Henry VIII I am….
- 12/06/2007 • it is not appropriate to re-visit individual aspects of your case in isolation
- 11/25/2007 • Letter to HMRC officer J Lamper
- 11/23/2007 • Some Top PR advice
- 11/22/2007 • Let's make it interesting – £2,000
- 11/21/2007 • Goodbye Paul Gray
- 10/30/2007 • Things fall apart, it's scientific (or why zealots always get to rule)
- 10/29/2007 • Letter to Paul Gray (HMRC Boss) 4
- 10/26/2007 • Let's make it interesting – £1,000
- 10/25/2007 • Letter to Juliet @ CenPol Powers Review
- 10/25/2007 • Letter to Paul Gray (HMRC Boss)
- 10/24/2007 • I fully support Mrs Lamper’s efforts
- 10/23/2007 • Letter to David Thomas
- 10/16/2007 • Letter to Paul Gray
- 10/16/2007 • I am also keen to avoid increased stress for both sides
