The tax office should no longer have the right to bill you in the present year for lack of tax paid from a long time ago like 20 years. In the UK the tax man can only go back to 5 years. How is anybody suppose to defend their situation going back to such a long time because of the Inland Revenue's lack of efficiency? A modern country need an up to date tax man. Never mind the grumpy receptionists doing a favour to serve you by taking your money. Thanks
This is totally unfair on law-abiding taxpayers. If you failed to pay tax you must compensate for your wrongdoing. This measure can also allow for massive abuse, whereby any tax-cheat can avoid being incriminated of fined simply because a few years have passed. Neither time nor ignorance of the law is an excuse for breaking it.
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