The Inland Revenue Give Me A Present
Last year the Inland Revenue… OK… the bloody Tax Man, decided for reasons that have not been disclosed to me, to instigate an investigation into my 2002-2003 tax return.
This is a whole year after the return has been filed and tax paid. No reason given, but letters sent full of dark foreboding and warnings suggesting I will be burnt at the stake if I fail to co-operate fully. And of course I do. Me? As honest as they come guv. And I do the only sane thing. I take the matter to my accountant who, after all, knows more than I do about this sort of thing.
A year later I get the bill from my accountant and another letter from the Tax Man. The accountants bill is for £545.00 - the letter from the bloody Tax Man informs me that I actually overpaid and they owe me £5.42p.
As usual, the middle man wins again. And the penguin? I don’t have a clue but I found it on the home page of the Inland Revenue’s website so I figure it must be their new logo. It c ertainly looks like I feel.