German fairy tales on HMRC Employer CD-Rom


I have to file my P35 and P14. I reach for for HMRC Employer CD-ROM for 2008-09. It appears to be malfunctioning, with a series of audio tracks and no data. So I call the Online Services Helpdesk and report the issue. The response? That a very small number of the CD-ROMs were incorrectly loaded with German fairy tales. There you go, check your CD-ROM.

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Helping me, helping you with tax


HMRC website fault might result in unnecessary tax worries

18 July 2008

“The ICAEW warns people to take care sending their second payment of tax owed to the HMRC for the 2006/2007 tax year if they have already filed their 2007/2008 self-assessment tax return.”

And from me, on a smaller scale:

1. The employer helpline number times incorrectly states its open to 22:00 when it should be 20:00, on the website within online services, once you’ve logged in, and then sought help.

2. Looking forward to see how HMRC re-calculate my tax/NI seeing as both my P45s were incorrect.