Self Assessment c 0ck up

[Clippy]

Provided my accountant all the figures a few weeks ago to enable him to sumbit my SA online by 31 Jan.

I now get a phone call from him saying he has had issues submitting them on line and that they need to be posted to HMRC.

When asked if I will be fined £100, he said I shouldn't be as he will include a cover letter explaining they were un-able to submit them on line.

Personally, I a think the reason he couldn't submit them on line was because the numpty failed to register me for on line submission.

Anyway, ayone know if HMRC will, based on the accountants cover letter, waive the £100 fine?

[Sockpuppet]

No but if you get fined £100 then claim it back from your accountant if its his cock up.

[tim123]

You won't get a fine if you owe nothing.

Get the accountant to work out the amount manually and pay it by Friday (if nothing else this definately puts the ball back into his court)

tim

[Clippy]

You won't get a fine if you owe nothing.

Get the accountant to work out the amount manually and pay it by Friday (if nothing else this definately puts the ball back into his court)

tim

Yes, for this period there is definitely no tax liability.

Am paying him a visit tomorrow - should be interesting.

[tim123]

Actually what I said was wrong.

You do get the fine, but you don't have to pay it. But you do have to appeal against it to get it rescinded, apparently!

[Clippy]

Actually what I said was wrong.

You do get the fine, but you don't have to pay it. But you do have to appeal against it to get it rescinded, apparently!

Tim - how do you know this?

Personal experience or is there a link you can point me to?

[tim123]

Tim - how do you know this?

Personal experience or is there a link you can point me to?

Because the same question was asked on another board, and someone posted a link to the Tax man's rules.

They said that it was hard to find. However, it's not in my history any more ... and I can't find it (nor can I find the question on the other board)

Sorry

tim

[Clippy]

Because the same question was asked on another board, and someone posted a link to the Tax man's rules.

They said that it was hard to find. However, it's not in my history any more ... and I can't find it (nor can I find the question on the other board)

Sorry

tim

Thanks Tim.

Any chance you can PM me the link to the other board?

[tim123]

I've found the other link

http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/tax/...ine_for_o.aspx

tim