Top 10 bizarre smoesjes van te late belastingaangifte

‘Mijn hond at mijn belastingaangifte op. En ook alle herinneringen.’ Dit is slechts één van de vele bizarre smoesjes die de Britse fiscus (HMRC) het afgelopen jaar ontving van belastingplichtigen die hun aangifte niet tijdig deden.

Bij Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs zien ze er de humor wel van in. Daarom hebben ze daar een top 10 gemaakt van meest opmerkelijke smoesjes die dit jaar zijn binnengekomen.

  1. My tax return was on my yacht…which caught fire.
  2. A wasp in my car caused me to have an accident and my tax return, which was inside, was destroyed.
  3. My wife helps me with my tax return, but she had a headache for ten days.
  4. My dog ate my tax return…and all of the reminders.
  5. I couldn’t complete my tax return, because my husband left me and took our accountant with him. I am currently trying to find a new accountant.
  6. My child scribbled all over the tax return, so I wasn’t able to send it back.
  7. I work for myself, but a colleague borrowed my tax return to photocopy it and lost it.
  8. My husband told me the deadline was the 31 March.
  9. My internet connection failed.
  10. The postman doesn’t deliver to my house.
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