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From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope
for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... -- Cheers Dave. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.net... From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... -- Cheers Dave. ....but postage is a legitimate business expense - so it is deductible :-) Peter |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I don't see a problem with filing online, you only need a username and password, if you're VAT registered they already know who you are and where you are. On the other hand, I don't think I'm quite ready to set up a Direct Debit so they can rake the money direct from the account. |
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Dave Liquorice coughed up some electrons that declared:
From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I agree that getting an online password AND activating it can be painful. But you only need to do it once. But the online VAT return (and the self assessment) is quite painless, worth doing IMO. Did VAT returns a couple of years back that way. Did SA this year and got a refund in 4 days flat Cheers Tim |
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Tim S writes: Dave Liquorice coughed up some electrons that declared: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I agree that getting an online password AND activating it can be painful. But you only need to do it once. But the online VAT return (and the self assessment) is quite painless, worth doing IMO. Did VAT returns a couple of years back that way. Did SA this year and got a refund in 4 days flat Yes, I've done SA that way for a few years now. It's remarkably good for something implemented by/for the government. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Oct 8, 11:13*am, Tim S wrote:
Dave Liquorice coughed up some electrons that declared: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I agree that getting an online password AND activating it can be painful. But you only need to do it once. It's no worse than you have to go through with some on-line bakns. But the online VAT return (and the self assessment) is quite painless, worth doing IMO. Did VAT returns a couple of years back that way. Did SA this year and got a refund in 4 days flat It's a no brainer, for anyone with a brain ;-) MBQ |
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Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I don't see a problem with filing online, you only need a username and password, if you're VAT registered they already know who you are and where you are. Their "VAT portal" is about the worst website ever; but beyond that, no problem with the return itself. On the other hand, I don't think I'm quite ready to set up a Direct Debit so they can rake the money direct from the account. Me neither! -- Ian White |
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:33:39 -0700 (PDT), Man at B&Q wrote:
I guess they want people to file on line andjump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I agree that getting an online password AND activating it can be painful. But you only need to do it once. It's no worse than you have to go through with some on-line bakns. Last time I got authrised for a bank it was painless, got user ID and password in branch, waited for dongle to arrive registered it and I was in. Lst time I looked at the government thing it appeared to want all manner of information and a paper form sending back after they sent you something else then they sent you your via snail mail... I'll have another look, I also miffed 'cause the VAT return this quarter is going to be £0.00 (zero) as I've not had any payments come in due to being ill and not working. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... As of 2010, you'll *have* to do it online anyway as they're withdrawing the paper alternative (wife's a VAT Assurance Officer). |
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In message et, Dave
Liquorice writes From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... As I am on a quarterly return and tend to do 12 months worth at a time, I have a nice stack of unused postage paid envelopes:-) Or do you think they will have cancelled the business reply licence? Before anyone asks, most farm business is zero rated so they usually owe me money. regards -- Tim Lamb |
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:09:41 +0100, Emil Tiades wrote:
As of 2010, you'll *have* to do it online anyway as they're withdrawing the paper alternative (wife's a VAT Assurance Officer). Great fun if your ISP goes kaplonk 2 days before the return is due. Or Mr Murphy Man comes along and hacks the phone cable into bits... I would hope that there are/will be provisions in place to handle such occurances. I guess you could go to the local library but I'd not want to use a public access machine for filing my VAT return or anything involving personal information. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article , Tim S writes: Dave Liquorice coughed up some electrons that declared: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I agree that getting an online password AND activating it can be painful. But you only need to do it once. But the online VAT return (and the self assessment) is quite painless, worth doing IMO. Did VAT returns a couple of years back that way. Did SA this year and got a refund in 4 days flat Yes, I've done SA that way for a few years now. It's remarkably good for something implemented by/for the government. Although they took a few goes to get it right... the first version of the web site was incompatible with their back end software apparently, so they used to print out the information you entered, and then re-key it into their existing software to do the calcs! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
I'll have another look, I also miffed 'cause the VAT return this quarter is going to be £0.00 (zero) as I've not had any payments come in due to being ill and not working. Can't you find some costs to incur? At least that way you can claim some back from them for a change ;-) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:54:57 +0100, John Rumm wrote:
Can't you find some costs to incur? At least that way you can claim some back from them for a change ;-) I have had some costs but I'm on the FRS... Which means I don't take those into account when calculating VAT. I just take 10.5% (the rate from my business sector) of gross income and send it to them. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Oct 8, 6:09*pm, Emil Tiades wrote:
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:25:47 +0100, "John" wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... As of 2010, you'll *have* to do it online anyway as they're withdrawing the paper alternative (wife's a VAT Assurance Officer). Great fun if your ISP goes kaplonk 2 days before the return is due. So don't leave it until the last minute. |
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:29:50 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: Dave Liquorice wrote: From the 1st Oct 2008 the beggers have withdrawn the postage paid envelope for sending back the return. I guess they want people to file on line and jump through the hoops to get an government online ID, grrr... I don't see a problem with filing online, you only need a username and password, if you're VAT registered they already know who you are and where you are. On the other hand, I don't think I'm quite ready to set up a Direct Debit so they can rake the money direct from the account. You don't have to pay by DD if you are filing online. I simply set a bank transfer up to pay on the 1st of the month that any VAT is due. If I am in credit the payment goes into my bank pretty quickly too. On the other hand you do lose a few days despite what they say because they accept a cheque up to the deadline and then it still takes a few days to clear whereas the transfer has to be set 3 or 4 days ahead of the due date. -- AnthonyL |
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AnthonyL wrote:
You don't have to pay by DD if you are filing online. I know, I do the latter because it is more convenent, but not the former. I simply set a bank transfer up to pay on the 1st of the month that any VAT is due. If I am in credit the payment goes into my bank pretty quickly too. You could hold onto the funds for a few more days, electronic payments need to be received by the 7th IIRC. On the other hand you do lose a few days despite what they say because they accept a cheque up to the deadline and then it still takes a few days to clear whereas the transfer has to be set 3 or 4 days ahead of the due date. You shouldn't loose if you pay on the 3rd/4th. |
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