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Jul. 10th, 2015 10:49 pmSeems the family accountants still haven't sorted anything out regarding the now £7000 Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs say I owe them.
Brief recap, I stopped being a partner in my paren't business Oct 2004. But my name was never removed from the papers, so in 2009 I discovered that I owed tax because of the shop and that it hadn't been payed so penalties and interest got put on and it was in the region of £5000, which I couldn't pay. Again and again I was assured the accountants would take care of it. Again and again I discovered they hadn't. With the selling of the shop to pay debts off, I had hoped this would finally be the end of it and it would be paid and that was that.
Except it hasn't and I@ve now been informed the debt is being passed to a collection agency and sherriff's officers will be involved and stuff.
In an attempt to head this off, I've agreed to give HMRC 75% of my disposable income, so £5 a week to start paying things off. This leaves me with about a fiver to spend on myself each month.
Also, because at this rate it would take thirty years to pay the debt off, this does not mean legal action will be stopped, the case is being passed on and I don't know what will happen.
I tried to contact the accountants myself today (since all other interaction has been through my parents and I want the info firectly as I can't believe a thing my parents tell me regarding this) but they never phoned back.
There is always the option of declaring myself bankrupt, again, but that would immediately cost at least £90 to apply for and I'd lose the bank account and debit card I got less than a year ago and I'd have to give money to my brother to pay for anything again.
A bad depressive episode has been set off, we recorded a podcast yesterday but it'll be at least a few days before I can bring myself to edit and get it up, if at all. My mindset right now is just fuck everything, why bother?
Going to watch some Real Ghostbusters, try and cheer myself up.
Brief recap, I stopped being a partner in my paren't business Oct 2004. But my name was never removed from the papers, so in 2009 I discovered that I owed tax because of the shop and that it hadn't been payed so penalties and interest got put on and it was in the region of £5000, which I couldn't pay. Again and again I was assured the accountants would take care of it. Again and again I discovered they hadn't. With the selling of the shop to pay debts off, I had hoped this would finally be the end of it and it would be paid and that was that.
Except it hasn't and I@ve now been informed the debt is being passed to a collection agency and sherriff's officers will be involved and stuff.
In an attempt to head this off, I've agreed to give HMRC 75% of my disposable income, so £5 a week to start paying things off. This leaves me with about a fiver to spend on myself each month.
Also, because at this rate it would take thirty years to pay the debt off, this does not mean legal action will be stopped, the case is being passed on and I don't know what will happen.
I tried to contact the accountants myself today (since all other interaction has been through my parents and I want the info firectly as I can't believe a thing my parents tell me regarding this) but they never phoned back.
There is always the option of declaring myself bankrupt, again, but that would immediately cost at least £90 to apply for and I'd lose the bank account and debit card I got less than a year ago and I'd have to give money to my brother to pay for anything again.
A bad depressive episode has been set off, we recorded a podcast yesterday but it'll be at least a few days before I can bring myself to edit and get it up, if at all. My mindset right now is just fuck everything, why bother?
Going to watch some Real Ghostbusters, try and cheer myself up.
