Tax rebellion: Experts Urge 1.4m NOT To Pay For Taxman's mistake

Around 1.4million Britons are being urged to stage an unprecedented revolt 

over plans to claw back up to £3.8billion in under-paid tax.

It follows the botched introduction of a new computer system by the taxman 

which has left millions of bills in chaos.

Accountants said recipients should act swiftly to use a little-known loophole which forces 

HM Revenue and Customs to abandon 'out of the blue' demands and effectively write off 

the money. 

Accountants have revealed that under a technicality, called the 'A19: Extra-Statutory 

Concession', the law states that HMRC may have to write-off the money.
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how to deal with the letters and how to submit an A19 concession

Low Incomes Tax Reform Group will publish information on its website (www.litrg.org.uk) about how to deal with the letters and how to submit an A19 concession

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is the result of the Chartered Institute of Taxation to give a exposure ,so that taxpayers can handle and say what is reason able and who do not usually to pay for tax advice.

LITRG is all for bringing HMRC to account when it has let down the low income population; but we are also clear that we want good and accurate information to be provided to those same people.

The millions of tax calculations which will probably be sent out later this year are a result of the new computer system doing its job properly, not through some big mistake.

The mistake on launch of the collection/repayment exercise has been in not preparing the ground properly for the ‘customers’ of HMRC or taking into account adequately the impact upon low income families.

PAYE is a good system and people should be careful what alternatives they might wish for. The new government is looking imaginatively at how it can be improved in the future and all power to their elbow in that endeavour.

Until any more advanced concept is adopted, the new computer system will improve the PAYE situation in the next few years. It should be more accurate and it will deliver repayments quicker. It is a shame it was not introduced on time three years ago as planned

Extra-statutory concession A19

A19 has been subject to much misleading news coverage.