FT.com / Tax - Tax returns hit by HMRC software bug
FT.com / Tax - Tax returns hit by HMRC software bug : "Hundreds of people have been prevented from completing their tax returns online – and claiming thousands of pounds of tax relief – by a software bug that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has not fixed for several months. The tax authority has now been forced to issue an apology after customers filing their self-assessment returns via the internet complained of being locked out of their online accounts. EDITOR’S CHOICE Scams affect one in ten people in the UK - Feb-02HMRC snowed under with claims for tax repayments - Jan-25Be reasonable - Jun-05The pervasive business of fiddling expenses - May-21Self-employed claim discrimination over pensions savings - Apr-28Investors seek to shift away from tax traps - May-01HMRC says it will now consider claims for interest payments on tax rebates which were delayed being paid by the system problems"