Taxing
Posted: Tue 28 January, 2014 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: 1BEM, Bankruptcy, Customer Services, Cynicism, Domestic, Finances, Getting Organised, HMRC, Work-related |Leave a comment »Last week I got a letter from the taxman (also known as HMRC) regarding taxyear 2012/13. Supposedly I’ve not paid enough tax in that year.
Now that’s pretty impressive. It’s just about the only year in living memory where I was
- Employed – throughout that year – by one company
- On PAYE throughout that year
- Didn’t change any tax-relevant details
- Didn’t have to fill in a tax-return of my own
- Was purely reliant on my employer and HMRC to get my tax correct.
And still it’s fucked up.
Of course, I’m going to have to pay it. I don’t mind paying when it’s part of my earnings (well I do, but that’s a different thing) or if I’d made a mistake in estimating what tax I should be paying. I can live with that – it’s a pain in the tits, but I can understand what I have to pay, and why.
What I really do fucking mind is that I have to pay that tax when it’s been underpaid through no damn fault of my own. My employer of the time won’t be penalised, and won’t have to pay for their cock-up. HMRC won’t pay on it for their cock-up.
For that tax-year, it is ONLY possible that the error can have come from my employer, or HMRC themselves. (Who would only have dealt with my employer – not me directly) But it’s me that’s going to have to pay an extra £50 per month to rectify it next tax year.
Cunts
[Addendum : Because of the bankruptcy, from August of that tax year I shouldn’t have paid tax anyway, it should all go to the Official Receiver until August 2013. So that’s going to be a whole different lump of fun/hassle. I’m waiting for them to sort out this first stage before I then totally confuse things]