[thesheriff443]

A few years back a friend owed the tax man 12 grand he was self employed, he offered them 100 pounds a month until it was cleared but they said no we will write the debt off and make you bankrupt.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

A few years back a friend owed the tax man 12 grand he was self employed, he offered them 100 pounds a month until it was cleared but they said no we will write the debt off and make you bankrupt.

and that has diddly squat to do with how they are responding to payments in the current crisis

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

A few years back a friend owed the tax man 12 grand he was self employed, he offered them 100 pounds a month until it was cleared but they said no we will write the debt off and make you bankrupt.

Had he had a payment arrangement he had defaulted on? That is not normal for the Tax man....why would they write the debt off when they have offer of repayment?

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Had he had a payment arrangement he had defaulted on? That is not normal for the Tax man....why would they write the debt off when they have offer of repayment?

No that’s the the thing they just would not accept 100 pound a month.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

A few years back a friend owed the tax man 12 grand he was self employed, he offered them 100 pounds a month until it was cleared but they said no we will write the debt off and make you bankrupt.

Fffff to owe the tax man £12000 and only be able to afford to repay £100/m other his business had already tanked, OR he wasn't paying tax at all for years. I'm surprised they let him off with bankruptcy.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Fffff to owe the tax man £12000 and only be able to afford to repay £100/m other his business had already tanked, OR he wasn't paying tax at all for years. I'm surprised they let him off with bankruptcy.

As usual you don’t know what you are talking about.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

As usual you don’t know what you are talking about.

Care to elaborate? If he owed £12k in tax for the previous tax year then he would have to be making decent turnover. If he was making decent turnover then he could afford to repay more than £100 a month.

So your options are:

1) His business has tanked, it was making great profits but now isn't making much, so he doesn't have money to spare month to month for a repayment.

2) He owes them tax over a longer term / hasn't been paying previous years

3) He COULD afford to pay them more than £100/month but was lowballing them a repayment offer that they were never going to accept (a £12k tax bill would take 10 years to pay at £100/month).


Feel free to explain how it isn't one of those things though, instead of just a vague "ha ha no u r wrong" without any explanation .