I submitted both my and my partner's tax returns for 2002/3 back in August, in the belief that any tax due would be collected via an adjustment to our coding as the returns were in before the end of September. Both of us received demands for payment, in my partners case on Friday, mine a couple of weeks ago. (Bit rich on my partner, I tell them how much she owes in August and they get round to making a demand for it a week before it's due!)
I phoned the tax office when my demand came in, and they were happy to collect via my tax code, but completely evasive as to why they hadn't done this in the first place. Now I'm going to have to do the same for my partner. Have I misunderstood something, or this just IR being crap as per usual?
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