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Emboldened by HMRC's advertising campaign, RICHARD CURTIS asks some questions about tax returns
KEY POINTS
- Which return should you use?
- The deadline date and duplicate returns.
- Late filing penalties and the enquiry 'window'.
- Is the self assessment system 'robust'?
You have all I presume now seen HMRC's adverts for the 31 October paper tax return filing deadline.
It's based on the age-old story: boy meets girl boy loses tax return boy gets £100 penalty girl blames boy for not filing online and says 'why didn't you listen to that nice Moira Stewart; you men are always only thinking about one thing and if you hadn't been thinking about whether you could get back home in time after our date to watch that *"%$?! football match you could have got on and done your tax return instead'.
Boy now wonders why he ever followed girl into...
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