January rambles.
Hot stuff. The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age. Sponsorship welcomed at and all goes to Age UK. He’s the only person I know who runs in cashmere! Right first…
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Latest News and Information from HMRC
Read the latest news and information from HMRC here: At the Autumn Statement in November the government announced a comprehensive set of tax simplification measures to make it easier for businesses and individuals to interact with the tax system. Following…
Happy January
Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his very ancient years means that he’ll use most of the month to reach the distance.…
Sixty years on.
Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964). Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage while relishing Velda’s provocative repeated disrobing. No wonder young men had such skewed attitudes towards…
Latest news from HMRC
Latest news and updates Self assessments We’re changing how we let Self Assessment customers and their agents know we’ve issued a Self Assessment BACS electronic repayment. There is no change to the repayment process itself, so customers will still receive…
New Year Greetings.
Season’s kisses. Howard arrived with this huge bunch of mistletoe just before Christmas. It’s hanging in the kitchen ready for kissing duties and he took some of the berries to press into the bark of the ancient apple trees. Perhaps…
Christmas Cheer and Congratulations.
Please enjoy the latest triumph: after more than three months, I have at last managed to climb the stairs to the bedroom, study etc! Now there can be special stockings on Christmas morning. Hurrah that there’s determination in the old…
Journey to recovery
Life has been very fuzzy over the last few weeks: on top of the spinal fracture (manageable), still living in hospital bed in conservatory, there’s been some unknown virus. Feverish temperatures, no sense of smell or taste (except everything seems…
Tax Self-Assessment – Help available
Help with your tax return is available from HMRC. See their latest bulletin below: Dear customer, We can offer online help if you still need to send us your tax return or make a payment for 2022 to 2023. If…
Ex-PM “bamboozled” by science?
A scientific adviser commented on the Covid enquiry and the politician “bamboozled” by science. She scoffed about those of us who don’t know “mortality” from “morbidity”. Strikes me that the difference between useless and useful advice is far more important:…