FabSwingers.com forum: Tax Return excuses!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Ahead of the 31 January self assessment deadline, HMRC published its list of its oddest 10 excuses it has received for those who failed to file on time - ranging from a dead goldfish to an altercation with a bovine animal.

The list includes:

1.My pet goldfish died (self-employed builder)

2.I had a run-in with a cow (Midlands farmer)

3.After seeing a volcanic eruption on the news, I couldn’t concentrate on anything else (London woman)

4.My wife won’t give me my mail (self-employed trader)

5.My husband told me the deadline was 31 March, and I believed him (Leicester hairdresser)

6.I’ve been far too busy touring the country with my one-man play (Coventry writer)

7.My bad back means I can’t go upstairs. That’s where my tax return is (a working taxi driver)

8.I’ve been cruising round the world in my yacht, and only picking up post when I’m on dry land (South East man)

9.Our business doesn’t really do anything (Kent financial services firm)

10.I’ve been too busy submitting my clients’ tax returns (London accountant)

Love the gold fish one