Quote from: Splash and dash on Yesterday at 06:27:12 pm

Quote from: AuRavelling79 on Yesterday at 05:16:07 pm

Quote from: Splash and dash on Yesterday at 04:32:00 pm

Quote from: NBwcs on January 17, 2026, 09:55:32 pm

Quote from: AuRavelling79 on January 16, 2026, 11:48:47 pm

Anyone here ever have a tax inspection?

I believe Nigel (rip) got himself in a spot of bother. When he passed away, i googled his full name followed by "window cleaner" to try and find some details of his obituary and the very 1st listing that came up was the hmrc naughty list. For those who are not familiar with this, its a list of anyone who's been investigated and found  to have deliberately defaulted .Your name stays on it , viewable to all for 1 year. I dont know any more details, the list was incredibly long , and not in alphabetical order,i didn't have the time to wade through it. He wont be on it now.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publishing-details-of-deliberate-tax-defaulters-pddd

And what’s interesting with most of these  prosecutions is it’s not just for  the last tax year it’s over multiple years  and many are beyond the 5 year tax record keeping period 😂

Because it's deliberate tax evasion.

Makes no difference they still don’t just look at one tax year , it’s not financially viable for them they will look back over many years or they have done from what my accountant tells me and the few people I know that have been investigated . Most people don’t avoid paying tax by accident it’s usually deliberate  ie taking cash and not declaring it ime sure a lot on here do this one , claiming expenses that aren’t legitimate and so the list goes on .

DD just said he had his investigation over only one year.

If 'most people don't avoid paying tax by accident it's usually deliberate' as you say then they are tax evaders.

And how will having inaccurate books from 20 years ago help anyone who is on the fiddle?

Think you will find an account as more experience in this field than a bunch of window cleaners it’s what they do for a living .

Some may inadvertently make mistakes in a tax return but many  take cash and don’t declare it , same with tips many on here have been boasting about tips but again they aren’t  declaring them  same as goods in kind all this us deliberate tax evades far as HMRC are concerned.

If you are running a legitimate business and keep records you can defend yourself and show accurate records to fight your corner.  Again this is advice from an accountant if you don’t have any records you can’t argue against anything that the inspector s say you owe you have to prove them wrong they don’t have to prove they are right .


You clearly have your own views and that’s fine but if you got investigated you would be taken to the cleaners as you couldn’t defend yourself, no big business get rid of there records after 5 years .

Quote from: zesty on Yesterday at 08:07:06 am

I wouldn’t worry KS.

Even a bolted down tank is gonna smash you to bits in a bad crash.

I had a crash in the ice back in 2016.  The only crash I’ve ever had since driving at 17. My tank was 3/4 full and an old man in a saloon slid straight into my near side, the speed was about 50mph when you comobine both vehicles colliding. My tank was absolutely fine.

Van was repaired and back on the road 2 months later. His car was a write off.

I think you need to be involved in a really bad crash/sudden stop to succumb to the tank flying through the bulkhead.

My tanks have never been bolted in.

I’m not worried Zesty, more intrigued. Waterworks and Ionics ( who champion the use of crash tested systems ) have installed their systems into EV vans, but neither have said they are crash tested, just curious as to how they’ve secured them?

Give them a ring and ask ime sure they will be quite happy to explain if they are and how they are fitted especially if they think they will get a sale 😂

Quote from: NBwcs on January 17, 2026, 09:55:32 pm

Quote from: AuRavelling79 on January 16, 2026, 11:48:47 pm

Anyone here ever have a tax inspection?

I believe Nigel (rip) got himself in a spot of bother. When he passed away, i googled his full name followed by "window cleaner" to try and find some details of his obituary and the very 1st listing that came up was the hmrc naughty list. For those who are not familiar with this, its a list of anyone who's been investigated and found  to have deliberately defaulted .Your name stays on it , viewable to all for 1 year. I dont know any more details, the list was incredibly long , and not in alphabetical order,i didn't have the time to wade through it. He wont be on it now.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publishing-details-of-deliberate-tax-defaulters-pddd

And what’s interesting with most of these  prosecutions is it’s not just for  the last tax year it’s over multiple years  and many are beyond the 5 year tax record keeping period 😂

Because it's deliberate tax evasion.

Sorry lads, I should've checked, it's actually a 2015 reg🙄😂

Easy then its same parts as the same year dispatch, expert, scudo

Guess youve sorted it already.

If the was only rated to say 2000kg maybe they thought it too close but i doubt it. Probably more likely they felt it was an unsecure load, i know they can refuse to test if things might move around when on the rollers or maybe if they felt the load made it hard to inspect your suspension or bushes.

Personally i wouldnt take a van with water in anyway but there you go.