Why is tax so taxing?

gingaman

Any of you lot an accountant/good with tax stuff?

My accounts dept at work has today sent out an email stating we employees need to fill and send a P11D form to HMRC (bearing in mind that the deadline for this was 15 days ago!)

As I am not self-employed I did a little reading about the subject. Am I right in thinking that this form is something that should be filled in by the employer and sent by the employer, with only a copy sent to the employee?

I don't mind sending it myself, but if it is past the deadline will I be liable for any possible repercussions, or as this should have been completed and sent by the employer, will they be liable?

markhewitt1978

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/p11d.pdf given what it says in the top right - yes, it's for the employer to fill in.

You wonder if this is some ruse by accounts to pass on any fines to the employees?

gingaman

markhewitt1978 wrote:

You wonder if this is some ruse by accounts to pass on any fines to the employees?

I wonder if it is more of a ruse for the lady in accounts to avoid doing any work!

captain_kirk

As an accountant having just filled out a load (don't ask me any complicated details though, I'm not proficient at tax - but P11D's are easy to fill in!), yes, your employer should stop being a lazy fecker and fill it in. And then a copy be given to you for your records.

arran77

gingaman wrote:

Any of you lot an accountant/good with tax stuff?

stevo666 is the king of tax avoidance works for some nasty big London firm I think.

He's usually over in Bottom Bracket or Crudcatcher but don't let that put you off

Stevo_666

arran77 wrote:

gingaman wrote:

Any of you lot an accountant/good with tax stuff?

stevo666 is the king of tax avoidance works for some nasty big London firm I think.

He's usually over in Bottom Bracket or Crudcatcher but don't let that put you off

Oi, cheeky git

Markhewitt is bang on the money - it's the employers responsibility. Just send the lazy bag the link above, that will settle things. And spread the word.

I've never know any employer to try that one!