HMRC rejected Self Assessment expenses and excuses

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I couldnโ€™t file my return on time as my wife has been seeing aliens and wonโ€™t let me enter the house.

HMRC have released the latest list of imaginative excuses made by individuals who failed to submit their self assessment return by 31 January deadline in 2017. Excuses include alien sightings and being too busy touring with a one-man play.

HMRCโ€™s annual list of outlandish excuses is used to publicise the self assessment deadline of 31 January following the end of the tax year. An automatic ยฃ100 penalty applies to those who have the obligation to complete a return and miss the filing deadline, regardless of whether the individual has a tax liability to pay or not.

Angela MacDonald, HMRCโ€™s director general of customer services, said:

โ€˜Each year weโ€™re making it easier and more intuitive for our customers to complete their tax return, but each year we still come across some questionable excuses, whether thatโ€™s blaming a busy touring schedule or seeing aliens.โ€™

Here are some of the recent excuses:

  1. I couldnโ€™t file my return on time as my wife has been seeing aliens and wonโ€™t let me enter the house.
  2. Iโ€™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 canโ€™t go upstairs to retrieve it.
  4. My business doesnโ€™t really do anything.
  5. I spilt coffee on it.

HMRC have also released details of some of the weirdest expense claims which include:

  1. A three-piece suite for my partner to sit on when Iโ€™m doing my accounts.
  2. Birthday drinks at a Glasgow nightclub.
  3. Vet fees for a rabbit.
  4. Hotel room service โ€“ for candles and prosecco.
  5. ยฃ4.50 for sausage and chips meal expenses for 250 days.

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