Best 5 Recent Excuses for filing Tax Returns late
HMRC revealed that the Best 5 recent excuses that Taxpayers gave for filing Tax returns late were:
1) Couldn’t file my tax return on time as my wife has been seeing aliens and won’t let me enter the house.
2) I’ve been far too busy touring the country with my one-man play.
3) My ex-wife left my tax return upstairs, but I suffer from vertigo and can’t go upstairs to retrieve it.
4) My business doesn’t really do anything.
5) I spilt coffee on it.
As well as the excuses for filing late Tax Returns, HMRC receives questionable items which Taxpayers have tried to expense. Unusual items include:
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1) A three-piece suite for my partner to sit on when I’m doing my accounts.
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2) Birthday drinks at a London nightclub.
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3) Vet fees for a rabbit.
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4) Hotel room service – for candles and prosecco.
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5) £4.50 for sausage and chips meal expenses for 250 days.
