Unexpected Efficiency

In my on-going (and not very much written about) battle with the twunts of the Inland Revenue, progress is finally happening. Hey, it’s only taken eighteen months – that’s almost fast when it comes to bureaucracy like that.

Anyway, over the weekend I got a letter that showed there may just be light at the end of the tunnel – and even that that light may not belong to a goods train coming the other way.

It turns out that IR still had me listed as self-employed with a company that I resigned from (and registered the resignation with Companies House) nearly two fucking years ago. Only neither the company, nor Companies House, had bothered to inform the Tax bastards. And, as I didn’t earn a brass sodding farthing from that company, I didn’t bother telling them either.

So now I’ve got to produce evidence that I’d left the company, and registered my resignation. Which meant I had to get in touch with Companies House and get a copy of the document from them. Needless to say, after 18 months of fighting one bureaucracy, I wasn’t looking forward to dealing with another one – particularly when they’ve never been efficient before in any of my dealings with them.

Anyway, I contacted them at lunchtime today, and within ten minutes had sorted it out. Yeah, it’s cost me £3, but it should arrive at home tomorrow – or Thursday at worst. Can’t be bad.

Now to just see if it arrives as promised…