VAT man

vatman

an informal way of referring to HM Revenue & Customs

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People would ask if I was enjoying retirement and when I told them I was now a VAT man, they were off like shots.

Memories of banking halycon days of yore

"I was recovering at home -Andrea was at the races - when the VAT man just turned up on the doorstep and started valuing everything in sight," remembers John Eamon Declan Dunderdale, hence 'Jedd', O'Keeffe.

I Wasn't coping with chemo.. I was vomiting so munch blood Iruptured my oesophagus; CHELTENHAM 2018

"I was recovering at home - Andrea was at the races - when the VAT man just turned up on the doorstep and started valuing everything in sight," remembers John Eamon Declan Dunderdale, hence 'Jedd', O'Keeffe.

I wasn't coping with chemo.. I was vomiting so much blood I ruptured my oesophagus; CHELTENHAM 2018 In association with

P PU UB bA PUB landlord attempted to cheat the VAT man out of almost PS5,000, a court heard.

Pub landlord admits VAT fraud charges

Judge Peter Bowers remarked: "He'll have to stand in line behind the tax man and the VAT man."

Laundering charge for selling scrap

Invariably he has found practices leave their struggles with the VAT man to either their bookkeeper or accountant, and often neither of them are specialists when it comes to non-standard VAT methodologies or dealing with opticians.

Taking on the VATman

A VAT man said he had never seen such a large claim as the one for a pounds 161m rebate allegedly made by two sisters accused of fraud.

I was checking if they'd added zeros by mistake; pounds 161M VAT FRAUD TRIAL VAT man was 'intrigued' by largest claim he'd seen

"In May we fought the VAT man, we were on our way to being shut for good.

WORKING HARD D TO KEEP CLUBS ALIVE; They were a place where couples met, friendships were cemented and memories were made. But in recent years the once popular workingmen's clubs have been closing down on a regular basis, as KATHRYN WILLIAMS explains

A spokesman for UNISON, the union representing more than 450,000 NHS staff, said: "The Government's claim to have ring-fenced the NHS budgets has always been a bit of a BUDGET: VAT man mirage.

VATA SICKENER; Coalition 20% tax rise will hit NHS with an extra pounds 250million bill

He then informs them that due to their calculations in sales, they have left the VAT man EUR30k short in revenue.

YOU'RE DUMPED; THE APPERENTICE BEHIND THE SCENES OF TOP SHOW

Thankfully, a recent visit by the VAT man went well and nothing untoward was found.