Reply to: HMRC: No more credit card payments

[d000hg]

Why should you?

So you're saying it's a matter of fairness? Delaying payment where possible is part and parcel of running a company, due to marginal gains. How people choose to pay their tax bills is none of your business really, within the law.

I saw some discussion the other day whether you were no longer allowed to charge CC fees, or were allowed to but only the exact amount of the fee. I thought it was the former but saw people claiming the latter.

[vetran]

Have a word with BP, he'll sort you out.

if you are misspelling ars?hole then you need AssGuru.

[VillageContractor]

You get clubcard points if you pay on a Tesco debit card

[jamesbrown]

Oh well. Need to find another loophole

Have a word with BP, he'll sort you out.

[MarillionFan]

I should have been a quicker off the mark this month as I have my VAT to pay. I’ve used a credit card all year as the lower rates they charged vs the rewards I got using my Hilton card meant it was better to use that and then pay it back.

Oh well. Need to find another loophole

[PhiltheGreek]

Do they take payments from Paypal? One understands an AMEX card can be linked to Paypal to get around retailers Non-AMEX rules - maybe it works for Her Indoors Robbing Scunthorpes too?

[jamesbrown]

This country is so fu*£ed up, the Tories are doing everything possible to crush small businesses and let the multinationals have their monopolies.

You want to see fecked up, Corbyn will take it to 11.

[Paddy]

I guess I’m in the minority but why do people who pay tax by self assessment expect special treatment? Why should everyone else pay for their financial mismanagement?

That is easy to say if you a disguised employee contractor with little or no financial commitments.
If you are running a business with employees and business rates, cash flow is a problem. Furthermore, often tax bills are assessed and deemed by HMRC when they are wildly wrong. One poor chap I know rand his business at a loss for five years but HMRC still deemed that he made a profit, he is now disabled and cannot work. He is paying of his tax bill monthly by credit card. This country is so fu*£ed up, the Tories are doing everything possible to crush small businesses and let the multinationals have their monopolies.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Are DVLA doing the same?

No.

https://twitter.com/DVLAgovuk/status/951808241826222080

[jamesbrown]

Credit?

My good man, if one isn't peeling notes from the roll about one's person, one is doing something wrong.

[Benny]

Are DVLA doing the same?

[TheGreenBastard]

Why not invest the tax as you earn it in a flexible ISA, that must surely give a better return?

This was announced back in October by the way.

A bit presumptive. ISAs maxed out - what's wrong with a nice £50 kick back from HMRC getting its pound of flesh.

[northernladuk]

I'm not very happy about it either. Using special hotel and airline cards it was a nice little bonus with such a low charge.

The theory of why people can't is all well and good but the reality is they don't. If it gets someone paying that couldn't otherwise it's a good thing. It might not be any use for you but that doesn't mean it's not fair or they shouldn't have it.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Maybe it's adept financial management; I was looking forward to the 1% cashback by CC payment thanks to these new laws. HMRCs backwardness doesn't surprise me.

Why not invest the tax as you earn it in a flexible ISA, that must surely give a better return?

This was announced back in October by the way.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

some of us are PAYE and pay tax on our investments why shouldn't we enjoy the payment holiday?

Why should you?