That’s right, it’s back! HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has released its annual list of worst excuses for missing the self-assessment deadline.
This year the excuses do not disappoint. They are wild, weird and wonderfully imaginative.
Excuse number one:
My mother-in-law is a witch and put a curse on me…
Excuse number two:
I’m too short to reach the post box…
Excuse number three:
I was just too busy: my first maid left, my second maid stole from me, and my third maid was very slow to learn…
Excuse number four:
Our junior member of staff registered our client in self-assessment by mistake because they were not wearing their glasses…
Excuse number five:
My boiler had broken and my fingers were too cold to type…
HMRC also listed some rather imaginative expenses claims, including:
A carpenter claiming £900 for a 55-inch TV and sound bar to help him price his jobs…
£40 on extra woolly underwear, for five years…
£756 for pet dog insurance…
A music subscription so I can listen to music while I work…
As they say in Glasgow,
“Aye right!”