HMRC reveals late returns excuses

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed the strangest excuses taxpayers have used for filing late tax returns.

The list, which was released by HMRC in advance of the deadline for filing tax returns online at the end of January, includes “questionable” excuses including blaming vertigo, seeing aliens and touring the country with a one-man play.

The deadline for sending 2016-17 Self Assessment tax returns to HMRC, and paying any tax owed, is 31 January.

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