HMRC lifts fine threat for late tax filers

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Anonymous Coward

heh #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 16:38 GMT

1337, isn't that so cool!

Anonymous Coward

"isolated problem" #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 16:38 GMT

Must refer to each individual who experienced it...

Pete James

Cowley #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 18:29 GMT

I'm waiting for a penalty notice to arrive. Then I can send them back a copy of the letter from them telling me not to fill a form in, followed by the one reminding me to complete and return the form.

Cretinous, grasping, children-of whores!

Anonymous Coward

Taken in isolation #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 20:16 GMT

I think they mean that the problem was mainly to users that live in the isolated United Kingdom.

Anonymous Coward

A Big Con #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 23:57 GMT

This 'big concession' from the Revenue was announced over a week ago. Suddenly they revamp the news (which applies in this way each year) as though they're being understanding after all - a Big Con

Tom Chiverton

"isolated problems" #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 00:03 GMT

isolated problems that only ever happen on the same day every year ? Odd that...

Are they still printing out all the web submissions and retyping them ?

Anonymous Coward

if you 45|< |\/|3... #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 09:40 GMT

"1,337 got the site to work successfully on Sunday" - so I think we all know who is to blame, some 1337 script kiddies who don't 5ux0r in the slightest for trying to make us miss deadlines....

Either that or it's Aliens... annoying, 1337 aliens.

Spleen

"isolated problems" #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 09:48 GMT

I'd like to see governments use this phrase in their non-apology apologies more often.

'The US Government today acknowledged that there had been difficulties in the reconstruction of Iraq. It confirmed that over 1 million Iraqi citizens had experienced "isolated problems" which resulted in them being shot or blown up.'

Anonymous Coward

How to file a tax return through a blocked letterbox #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 10:49 GMT

Yep, that's what I found, at 17:02 on Friday. Outstanding.

The HMRC "helpline" did at least help me locate an office with a known working letterbox. No, really. It was only 20 miles away.

Paris, because she could run HMRC's IT better than they could. She may suck, but at least you'd enjoy it...

James Pickett

Numbers #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 11:01 GMT

"1,337 got the site to work successfully on Sunday"

And the rest?

Andrew Meredith

Failing for a week plus #

Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 20:02 GMT

I had been trying to do my SA over 3 days aout a week before the deadline. I would get part way through and would press "Continue" to be greeted by a failure screen. No amount of reloads would do it. I would have to go back and restart and double check that the pages I had done had taken as some of the data had changed in transit. So, either they knew about this or they didn't. If they knew then they lied, if they didn't then they are incompetent. Take your pick.

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