I said yes I did know but it was very kind of her to be concerned and I would write myself a big note to make sure I remembered to do it.
It's nice to think that they take such a personal interest, isn't it?
Now I didn't want to let her down - imagine her disappointment if, come 1st February, she checked and my form wasn't in! - so this afternoon I sat down to do my accounts so accountant, aka Husband, could do the online bit for me.It took me all of half an hour and the back of an envelope.
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ok... and I thought I was bad at alancing the budget! This looks as nightmarish as my scribbles! lol ~M
I was self-employed for a few years so needed to fill these in.
After several subsequent years of filling in tax returns that didn't tell them anything, I suggested to the tax office that this was wasting both their time and mine.
Surprisingly, they agreed and I haven't had one since...
Oh how I dread the tax man. Happily, ours aren't due until April 15th. If we start now, we just might be finished by then.
I got a reminder call too Liz; but ours aren't due until April 15th. I'm gathering my stuff together, and my daughter and I go in together to get ours done. It's fairly painless...but not totally.
The good old boys in the US give us until the middle of April. There is never a phone call to remind us.
For the little while that I was self-employed in the UK, tax returns got me literally suicidal! - I just can't do anything mathematical and I admire anyone who can.
Did the lady, when she called, ask for some identifying information first? A tax man called me and said he needed some identifying details before he could talk to me. I asked him why he wanted to talk to me anyway and he said it was just a courtesy call, but I was very suspicious. I told him I wanted his number so I could check it on the HMRC website. Isn't this a bad way of doing business though, phoning up and asking for personal details before they will speak?? I feel a letter of complaint coming on, too....
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