Hi guys, I wonder if someone can help me. I am self-employed and last year had a tax bill of around £6000. A tax inspector visited my property and put a distraint on my recreational vehicle. During that year I managed to - with the help of CAG - delay removal, thwart the bully-boy baliffs and reduced the debt to £800 by February this year. All of this time the distraint remained on the vehicle. Now that I had a run of contracted work I was able to employ an accountant to assess my tax from the previous year and also file my return for this financial year. She deduced I had been taxed £1800 more than I should have been. This cleared the debt to the HMRC and reduced my latest tax bill to just £600. Work has dried up and I am unable to pay the debt. The bully boys are e-mailing and sending threatening letters demanding that I pay or they will act upon the distraint and seize my vehicle. I have two pertinent questions: i) The distraint was executed in regards to a debt for the tax year 2009, this has now been cleared. Can they still act upon it, for a further debt? ii) The debt is £600 and my vehicle is worth £5500. I read somewhere they could only seize assets that were less than 5x the amount of debt? Am I correct in thinking this?

Hi fellow CAGgers. I'm pretty active over on the Public Transport Forum... (http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?161-Public-transport-(Trains-tubes-and-buses)) ...but this is the first time I've ventured into foreign parts Yes, I know what you're thinking... "He's only here now he needs something!" ...apologies Anyway, some advice, if possible? Today my better half received a NTP from HMR&C: 'We have sent you a notice showing an overpayment of tax credits for the period ending 05/04/2005'. £3,000+ for Working Tax Credits £700+ for Child Tax Credits (Actual total= £4,000+) She says she was informed around that period of owing about £11,000 (!!!) in overpayments, but she discussed in with the Revenue then, and was informed that if she stopped claiming from that point, it would be cancel itself out, or words to that effect. This would be reference to the fact that at the time, her two youngest children would have been 11 and 15 years old, so some years of entitlement could have still been due to her. So she cancelled and has received to TC's ever since. Of course this conversation took place on the phone, nothing written down or recorded in writing (apparently). I have suggested to her she immediately requests an exact breakdown of the monies owed, and the why's and when's- can she do that? The letter she received looks like page one of a phone bill: no detail at all. If anyone can offer me advice oon our next move, it woould be greatly appreciated. Links, case law, template letters too, if available? There's plenty more urgent cases than ours on this site, so as long as I'm pointed in the right direction, I should be able to work things out for myself. Thanks for your time and attention CAGgers... keep up the good work!

Hi We have been trying to resolve our tax issues with HMRC for about two years: 1. Returns kept on being sent to an incorrect address. This meant a delay of about a year in resolving things with HMRC. HMRC insisted that they needed the original returns before considering time to pay. 2. HMRC sent a statutory demand to an incorrect address. Then apparently to an office address. Under EC regulations I believe that the demand was also served in the wrong Country. 3. The bankruptcy petition was sent to the same incorrect address again. Then to an office address. As far as I can see there was no reason for substituted service. 4. HMRC either do not bother to deal with complaints and/or take a very long tiime to respond. 5. HMRC now seem to be very hardline and do not appear to be willing to consider time to pay and do not wish to adjourn the hearing. They say that the have already adjourned one hearing to give time to pay. They also seem to think that whatever mistakes they have made do not matter. Any advice on what to do? Form 6-19 has already been sent by fax. Any recommendations for a good reasonably priced lawyer? Thanks. wert