HMRC reveals bizarre tax return excuses of 2017
By Tom Carnegie, 19 Jan 18
Spilt coffee, a wife who sees aliens and vertigo were just some of the excuses HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) received in 2017 from people who failed to file their tax returns. Click through the slides to see some of the other intriguing excuses and some of the wildly optimistic expense claims the organisation received.
One-man play
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“I’ve been far too busy touring the country with my one-man play,” HMRC was told by one person after it queried why their return had not been filed.
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