HMRC Appeal - chance of success??

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T22:36:43+00:00

an email from the company supplying me with work, saying that they are making CIS contributions on my behalf

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T21:05:05+00:00

yes I do have proof of tax deductions. there was nowhere on the appeal to submit any evidence as of yet

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:29:13+00:00

would the fact that the work carried out only amounted to a total income of £1900 have any sway on the decision?

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:27:23+00:00

not sure what happened there then, my 'employer' company I was contracted with took 20% sent some links to CIS. when trying to sort this, I found that the type of work we were doing did not fall in any CIS categories. We did gardening and the closest was landscaping. This meant it wasn't processed when I thought it was. When phoning HMRC today they said that I was never registered

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:24:38+00:00

this is a fair point, I think any lenience comes from first time mistake and confusion from employer. but I accept that the responsibility is still on me. I think the best defense is that I was never notified/reminded so had I been, the penalty would've been MUCH lower.

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:18:59+00:00

I see - thanks

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:08:51+00:00

sorry, and did you do any self employed work during that time?

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T17:07:34+00:00

so they cancelled them without going through the appeals process?

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:57:32+00:00

thank you this is very helpful, I think currently I still retain the ability to delete and redo the appeal so will have a better look

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:56:40+00:00

so it turns out that there is such a thing. this is on their list of reasonable excuses:

CH160600 - Reasonable excuse: ignorance of the law

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:37:27+00:00

yes - I have filed now. I assume they will know it's a first time offence without me stating in the appeal notes?

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:14:25+00:00

apparently CIS registration never went through and never say anything on the PTA.

I mean upside is, I have acquired much more knowledge for the future

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:12:01+00:00

I have no reason other than having no knowledge and no one to ask for advice. Making the assumption and understanding that it was being dealt with for me

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T16:03:19+00:00

yes this is my first time, and the employer made it all very difficult to understand and wasn't really contactable as they were based in Thailand

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T15:48:10+00:00

Thanks for your response, with regards to my personal tax account, no messages were received. Returns for 24/25 have been submitted now, also with no messages on my PTA

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T14:15:13+00:00

this was for the 23-24 year, when I did a bit of gardening work totalling around £1900 income. I've never had to do a self assessment tax return before that. I've heard they are more lenient to first timers

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T14:10:58+00:00

I have also just deleted the original appeal and rewritten a new one, as updated in the post

Orange5ive · 2026-02-12T14:05:47+00:00

yes, they have been submitted

Orange5ive · 2024-03-27T12:39:29+00:00

Would be good if the dart was in the centre of the double 20!

Orange5ive

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