My accountant informs me that I have overpaid the tax-man £1.46 for the year 2006/07 and I will be getting a refund. Hmmm - much serious thought is needed on how I should spend my refund.
Not that I really have to think for long - along with the letter telling me about my £1.46 windfall was the accountant's bill for £173!!
Life ain't fair!! (At least now that I have a "proper" job where my tax is a lot simpler - I won't need my accountant again!!)
Dear Rev G
With the aid of complex calculations, much paperwork, a long study of the Retail Price Indices from 1972 to 2007, numerous phone calls to the Chief Inspector of Taxes and 52 sheets of glossy laserwriter paper, I am able to inform you that your tax refund of £1.46 will allow you to buy 3.25 Mars Bars.
For the privilege of this information, you now owe me £72.23
Yours etc
L.A.
Posted by: LA | February 06, 2008 at 11:21 PM
That would be funny except for the fact that
1. That is basically what happened
2. Your fee was less than half the real charge!
PS How did your tax return go?
Posted by: Graham | February 07, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Haha! Yes, at least now you can manage on your own. It's not to say that you don't need accountants... it just seems like it wasn't the right moment to celebrate that one-pound-forty refund.
Posted by: Lauren Edith | January 12, 2012 at 12:30 PM