It just goes to show that HMRC couldn't organise...
HMRC beer duty bungle leaves breweries struggling to pay online
The UK's taxmen have scuppered several piss-ups after brewers discovered the Government Gateway's online duty calculator can't calculate the latest beer tax hikes. "It would have been sensible if, prior to announcing the change, the Chancellor established whether HMRC and the businesses impacted were capable of administering …
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Wednesday 12th April 2017 20:39 GMT Herby
Could be worse...
They could have shut off beer sales for a fraction of the month. It might be the only way to calculate the taxes. Just use one rate for the whole month, and since you didn't make any for the time the new rate was in effect, no tax.
Yeah, real bummer.
Than again, it might start a new campaign: Don't Tax Our Beer!! (of course, good luck with that).
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Thursday 13th April 2017 09:40 GMT Jay 2
Re: Clearly this tax change has taken all the devs by surprise
...and that they can change their minds in the future and retrofit said taxes. Though I hear the current big book of tax laws (or digital equivalent) is now so big and complex no-one really knows how it all works. So they're probably making it up as they go along.
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