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However to jump from a maximum penalty of £100 per 6 months (in most cases reduced to nil as the vast majority of these returns show no tax liability) to £1200 which cannot be reduced on appeal is way over the top. The penalty system was fast becoming an addition tax, now its just daylight robbery.

Because people have got used to a tax regime without huge penalties for not completing a form. Also in the past if it was a mistake then it could be corrected without being financially shafted. It's gonna be a big shock to some that our Treasury have suddenly become the Gestapo! The biggest...

To be fair this situation is completely out of order. Before 2011 return, the fine for late filing was reduced to what the outstanding liability was so mistakes were never very painful for the taxpayer. They have removed this now so any penalties stand and they introduced a whole raft of...