the tax office is away from its desk spending your money
Posted in humbug alert, rants on October 6th, 2009 by george
Here is a sorry tale of modern day ineptitude.
My twin sons in New York bought their younger brother in England a birthday present. In good faith they mailed it to him at our home address. A considerable amount of time passed, after which we received a letter from Parcelforce Worldwide, informing us that HM Revenue & Customs had raised(?) a VAT charge of £18.44 on my son’s parcel. To this Parcelforce had added a Clearance Fee of £8. Delivery of the parcel was subject(?) to payment of charges totalling £26.44.
And so, a 14 year old boy must save up most of his pocket money for 3 weeks in order to receive his birthday present? Read more »
