HMRC penalties?

[Logrod]

No point in using an accountant, they don't like people appearing at 8pm on a friday night with a bunch of receipts and a form to fill in

[renewablejohn]

Given up with chartered accountants have used two and both have failed to submit accounts by the due date resulting in penalties from HMRC.

[Big J]

I seem to have a very good accountant. Open until 2200 every night this week, able to make a last minute adjustment to the tax return, reasonable on fees and has saved me a lot of money.

[sloth]

Given up with chartered accountants have used two and both have failed to submit accounts by the due date resulting in penalties from HMRC.

 

Wow that's pretty shocking. Is there not a chartered accountant governing body to complain to?

[Paul Jenks]

https://www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Publications/AADB/Complaints-June-2012.aspx

 

This assumes the accountant is a bona fide accountant

[Paul Jenks]

HM Revenue & Customs: Interest paid when Corporation Tax is overpaid or paid early

 

This is for corporation tax, just looking to see if it applies to personal tax.

[Paul Jenks]

There doesn't appear to be a quick answer on the HMRC site so I'd suggest it'd be thrown back at your employer for errors in submission. If your employer happens to be you, unlucky.

If they've supplied you with an incorrect tax code, very common, I still think it's down to the employer to check and question it. If it's a few hundred quid, with the base interest so low, I wouldn't think it was worth pursuing. Unless, of course, it's the principle of the thing and you want to do your bit for the downtrodden masses and tell them all how to claim their £0.23444 in overdue interest

[NFG]

Given up with chartered accountants have used two and both have failed to submit accounts by the due date resulting in penalties from HMRC.

 

Hi

 

That shouldn't be passed on to you if its not your fault the return was late

 

 

N

[Steve Bullman]

Hi

 

That shouldn't be passed on to you if its not your fault the return was late

 

 

N

 

It should be passed to you, but any accountant worth their salt would pay the fine for you. This happened to me once, the accountant paid the fine, but if she'd have refused it would have been down to me, and i'd have had to pursue her seperately I guess

[renewablejohn]

Wow that's pretty shocking. Is there not a chartered accountant governing body to complain to?

 

His Professional body was only concerned with defending its member even though he had also illegally filed annual accounts without the Directors seeing them. We still have not received the accounts.