Not happy at all with my situation.
HMRC have sent me a letter demanding payment of £6k for failing to cancel child benefit and therefore not filing self assessment returns!!!
Up until this letter arrived, I knew nothing of this 'new' legislation.
I am an employee of a large company, not self employed who has worked slowly up to a decent wage, only to be hit with this demand, but also fines for not doing self assessment and a requirement to fill in 2 years worth now.
HMRC have never notified me that I fall into this bracket where I need to do this. I am PAYE so never imagined I would have to do SA.
They expect an ordinary person to know about changes which in all honesty would not have affected me 5 years ago on my minimal wages but now I earn good money, I am apparently a tax expert overnight, completely aware that I am liable and have therefore deliberately avoided paying my dues!
I had understood that child benedit apllied up until they were 16 and am alarmed that none of my peers are aware of this either.
Sorry for the long post, my question is this: How can HMRC get away with this? If any other company didn't let their customers know of changes to terms and conditions, they would be in hot water. What HMRC have done, is let me run into potentially 5 years of debt and then added extra burden in unjustified fines!
I will of course pay back the money. I work hard. I have 2 jobs, the second being emergency services which I pag higher rate on too, another ridiculous rule.
Thanks
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