In Scotland, we can use a Summary Warrant. An HMRC officer will then visit you between 6am and 9pm if you live in England or Wales, or between sunrise and sunset if you live in Northern Ireland. They will ask you to pay your debt. If you do not pay, the officer will list your possessions which may be able to be sold to cover the debt and the costs to sell the items for example, fees for auctioneers or advertising.
The agreement will include a deadline for you to pay what you owe. You can continue to use the items but you cannot sell them or give them away while the agreement is in force. If you do not follow the terms of the agreement or pay what you owe by the deadline we can remove the possessions and sell them. We will write to you to give you notice before we do this.
Although the possessions can only be listed by an HMRC officer, they can be collected by private auctioneers employed by us. Whoever is collecting the goods can use a locksmith to enter premises to remove the goods, if necessary. They do not need a warrant from the courts or have to give any notice to you first.
If the possessions sell for more than the debt, you will be paid the difference after the deduction of costs and fees. If they sell for less than the debt, you will have to pay the difference, and we will continue enforcement action until the debt is settled.
For possessions we remove and sell at auction there is a fee of between 7. There are specific guidelines on what we can take and we follow them at all times. The guidelines are in the:. When a Summary Warrant is granted, we will instruct a court-appointed official called a Sheriff Officer to serve a charge for payment if you owe tax. You will then have 14 days to either:. If you disagree with the debt amount you must contact us as quickly as possible, to explain why you think the amount is wrong.
We will review your personal circumstances before deciding which of the following options to use. A charging order is an order of the court. It stops a debtor from selling specified assets without first paying what the court has ordered they must pay out of any proceeds. The most common asset subjected to charging orders in the UK is land or property but charging orders can be placed on other assets, such as some financial products including:.
In Northern Ireland, we can obtain a charging order over land or property through a civil court process by the Enforcement Judgement Office. Property charging orders do not apply in Scotland. We do all we can to avoid forcing customers owing tax to sell their primary residence. We will not make you to sell your main home to fund a loan charge or disguised remuneration tax bill. If we try to recover a debt through property charging orders and orders for sale, the court will decide whether to grant the order.
We may ask some wealthy customers who have a lot of equity in property or properties to release equity to clear their debt or reduce the amount of time they need to pay it.
If they do not, we may proceed with insolvency. These will allow regular deductions to be taken from your wages to pay your debt. Safeguards will be put in place to make sure you will have enough money to cover your essential expenses. If you are in debt and someone else owes you money, we can apply for a Third Party Debt Order. The order will allow us to take direct payment from whoever owes you money to pay what you owe.
Similar actions are available under Distraint in Northern Ireland, and a Summary Warrant in Scotland known as arrestment. We consider pension payments as income, including any lump sums you may receive when you retire. Here is what you can do instead:. Write to HMRC with an offer of a payment plan, explaining why you are having difficulties, what you can afford to pay and over what period you intend to pay it. Be reasonable. Offer to pay what you can afford and enclose a cheque for the first payment.
Keep a copy of the letter and of the cheque and send it recorded delivery to HMRC. Do however expect more of the same threatening letters to keep coming through your letter box with regular monotony. And if it is: great — well done. If you are waiting for a big invoice to be paid or know that business is going to pick up in the not too distant future then just make HMRC wait and pay the bill plus the interest when you have it.
Create a new company to take on your business but with a different name and without the debt. The parasite kills its host! Please note: this is only necessary if you do not reach an agreement with HRMC and they begin winding up proceedings. If this is what you have done intentionally then you could be in pretty serious trouble.
However, If you have moved your assets to a new company because you have exhausted all other avenues, including attempting to negotiate payment with a creditor that refused your payment plan, you are well within your rights, as a business owner, to exercise prudence, ring fence your problem and live to tell the tale.
Rangers FC offered a practical payment arrangement to HMRC but were forced into liquidation instead, even though this meant loss of money for the taxpayer — negligent or what? The key is to know your rights and what you can do and take the available steps to deal with the bullies effectively, without losing any sleep or, more importantly, your business. We believe that it is your moral obligation, as a business leader, to defend your business from heartless bullies.
You also owe it to your customers, suppliers and team members to fight for your business and live to tell the tale. All booming and scary in their communications and their propaganda but behind the scenes lies a different story. Their inept management has created a culture of bunch of brainwashed, cake eating, corduroy wearing envelope stuffers who can barely be arsed to answer the phone when it rings, or so we have been told by people who have been inside and seen it with their own eyes.
Does that conjure up a scary picture? No, it is a sad and sorry story of bad management and leadership failure — on a grand scale. Very reassuring website, Q. I just found this by accident but brilliant appraisal of current state of HMRC and I speak from experience! They should actually be wound up for their inept management and bad business management.
I started my own business last year and if I ran my business the way they do I would have been wound up long ago… I have never in my life be made to feel more like a criminal than I do by certain agencies who it seems is their sole aim to actually close you down, instead of encourage growth and prosperity.
HMRC might also ask you to write to them to claim extra reliefs or allowances. You can find the address to write to on GOV. You can seek independent advice from a tax adviser — we tell you how you can find an adviser, including through the tax charities, in our Getting Help section.
You should consider seeking such help if you think you have discovered a problem that means you have not been paying enough tax and that could mean you face a tax bill and penalties. Skip to main content. What happens if I do not pay enough tax? Updated on 29 July You should always check your tax, even if you think everything should be straightforward. What situations can cause me not to pay enough tax? You might not pay the right amount of tax, if, for example, you: have more than one job, or pension, or are in receipt of a taxable state benefit or some other untaxed income; change jobs or retire; draw income flexibly from your pension; are widowed or lose a civil partner; get extra benefits or expenses payments from your employer on top of your cash wages; need to claim extra allowances or expenses against your tax; leave the UK or arrive in the UK from overseas.
When will I get my P? Will I get a P calculation? What if I do not get a P calculation? What if I get a P calculation but I am supposed to be completing a tax return? How do I check my P calculation? HMRC send notes with the P calculation to help you check it. Points to look out for are: 1. Estimated figures HMRC might have used estimated figures in the calculation, but not made it clear that they are estimated.
Combined figures HMRC might add together more than one source of income in a single line on the calculation. Spot what might be missing This can be tricky, as it is easier to check what is on the form than to work out what is not there. Can you claim any deductions or expenses? Can you claim any other allowances? Have you been given allowances which you are no longer entitled to? What rate of tax am I paying? Did you have an extra pay day in the tax year? What do I do if I owe some tax?
This means that you would have been given the benefit of extra personal allowances and would not have paid enough tax, leading to an underpayment for the tax year. Did HMRC make a mistake or fail to use information to get my tax right?
However it may be useful in situations like the following. What if I cannot afford to pay the tax? What if I am on means-tested benefits?
Where can I find more guidance and help? You need to contact HMRC if: you think your P calculation is wrong — you must let HMRC know if you think they have repaid you too much; you need to claim extra tax reliefs or allowances; you need to ask for a full explanation if you do not understand the calculation.
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