Robert Clubb

Lost self-assessment returns

With reference to the item in 'Loose Ends', Taxation, 9 May 2002 at page 163 concerning instances of the Revenue losing tax returns between the logging and processing stages, an alarming number of 2000-01 returns (all submitted on different occasions by hand) have gone missing in the Suffolk and North Essex area. The problem has been reported by my firm, but no explanation has been forthcoming.