Edge EBT thread

[webberg]

How long have people had to wait between the APN notice letter and the actual APN?

I received the notice back in April yet I've not had the APN yet.

Can vary.

looking at my records anywhere from 3 days to 6 months.

The pre warning is not a legal requirement anyway, just a device to add pressure on you to pay.

[webberg]

Do you take a cheque? ;-)

I gave my email address (stupidly)

HMmm.. may not be "delivered" in the in the sense of section 219 FA 2014 which says

(1) HMRC may give a notice ...

Much judicial brain power has been spent on "give" and the advent of electronic mail has not helped.

Giving HMRC your email address and agreeing to be served notice by email are different things.

[DKB]

How long have people had to wait between the APN notice letter and the actual APN?

I received the notice back in April yet I've not had the APN yet.

[Cerbera]

Probably not "delivered" unless you have consented to receive material via email.

Wait 85 days from the original issue date and then tell them.

damn - that's £100 guineas please. (I'll waive the VAT)

Do you take a cheque? ;-)

I gave my email address (stupidly)

[webberg]

Hi Webberg. In what way?

Probably not "delivered" unless you have consented to receive material via email.

Wait 85 days from the original issue date and then tell them.

damn - that's £100 guineas please. (I'll waive the VAT)

[Cerbera]

I rang them up and they seemed happy with 50% by the APN due date and the rest over 12 monthy installments
Still awaiting the paperwork confirmation though.

Thanks

[Ron Swanson]

What did they say when you rang them up?

Morning all,

I'm in a position to pay the entire APN amounts, however this will leave me very financially exposed. I was proposing to suggest a lump sum followed by 12 monthly payments to clear the amount.

Has anyone managed to negotiate payment terms?

I rang them up and they seemed happy with 50% by the APN due date and the rest over 12 monthy installments
Still awaiting the paperwork confirmation though.

[Cerbera]

Then probably not valid.

Hi Webberg. In what way?

[webberg]

I called back and the chap said the call related to APN's and to confirm i'd received them. At that point I had not so he forwarded them by email.

y.

Then probably not valid.

[bstar1]

That is why I do not call them. It seems to be very frequent that on the phone they just make things up on the fly when they don't know - with no consequences whatsoever. (Personally, it blows my mind)

Do everything, or at least demand confirmation of everything in writing.

I had a tax dispute a few years ago for a couple of hundred, the demand from HMRC was so ambiguous that I sent and received up to 3 to 4 letters over a period of 18 months and finally the only person who could explain it very concise and clearly got in touch with me by phone and so I understood...yes I did actually owe it so only then I paid up.

There are quite a few layers of monkeys which are on the frontlines , then come the sergeants, then finally you get to the Colonel's after their cigars and brandy.