Death and Taxes

[shewhomust]

I thought I was done with Capital Gains Tax - I nagged them until they sent me the necessary forms, I filled in their forms, I sent them an enormous cheque, I had their letter saying "The only thing wrong with this form is that you failed to write this number in this box.". "Phew!" I thought.

Then I had the letter demanding a payment of interest for late payment, and it wasn't entirely unreasonable, so I paid up, thinking "Well, that really is the end of the story."

This morning - three weeks later - comes another letter demanding a substantial penalty for late payment. So this afternoon, instead of the various constructive and entertaining things I might have been doing, I have been putting together an appeal against the penalty (which, because of how the rules are drawn up, I shall have to pay and then reclaim).

So any reports of the Heritage Open Weekend will have to wait.