Well, I've had a nice chat with those people at HMRC and it turns out that they want another huge (Warlord sized) pile of cash related to something I enjoyed the 'benefit' of in 2014.
Now, don't misunderstand me, I do not under any circumstances begrudge paying tax. Even if Comrade Corbyn wins the next general election and taxes shoot up to 60%. Oh. Wait. Maybe then I'd mind. But anyway, hospitals, roads and policemen need paying for. Even politicians need paying for.
However, it's half way through 2016 and HMRC and my accountant are still finding that despite PAYE, I still need to pay comparatively large sums out of my own back pocket for things I'd thought done with years ago. Oh well....
So that's the Devos IV budget for the year.
There's a few commitments already made, but I've got to be looking at the garage and painting more things myself. Harumph.
Ouch, deeply uncool. I've not had that misfortune myself yet so don't know what its like, but you absolutely have my sympathy.
ReplyDeleteWhile its taken me much longer than hoped to do the planes, if there were other things in there that needed some love, once I get my own pile in order I'd be happy to help out.
I love you. Deeply and in a slightly unhealthy way. But that's Ok 'cause you work in a hospital.
DeleteReally sorry to hear that man, it is never easy when it happens. Good luck with getting it sorted.
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of my own fault for grasping the toys my employment offered without asking 'What's the catch ?' for instance, it might seem like naivety to accept a company car and not realise that there would be an additional tax bill, but if no-one tells you, how would you know ?
DeleteRest assured, I'm all about the questions now.
Hopefully you will be able to bypass the future problems of benefit in kind.
DeleteI hear ya on that front - the IRS just came knocking for something I'd apparently miscalculated from back in 2013. Argh!
ReplyDeleteBugger.
ReplyDeleteAt least sometimes (*sometimes*) it happens the other way round... When you open an HMRC envelope and they tell you that they miscalculated and there's a nice cheque at the bottom of the letter...
ReplyDeleteAnd I promise you that if I stay on the Trump-free side of the pond I'll paint up something for you...
DeleteNB: "something" cannot, does not and (for anybody else other than you in the whole world) could not constitute a whole army.
DeleteLike I'd do that to you.....
DeleteHur hur hur.....
But they NEED that money. Reminded of Sir Humphrey explaining how taxes work:
ReplyDelete"The treasury doesn't work out how much they need and then work out how to raise the money. They pitch for as much as they think they can get away with and THEN spend the money!"
That quote is a classic.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQiVQuiu04
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