Comments on: VAT EC Sales Lists – red tape or revenue earner? https://abrightonboyblogs.co.uk/vat-ec-sales-lists-red-tape-or-revenue-earner/ Consumer issues, recipes and apolitical thoughts from a Brighton native. Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:03:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Euan https://abrightonboyblogs.co.uk/vat-ec-sales-lists-red-tape-or-revenue-earner/#comment-1713 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:03:27 +0000 http://abrightonboyblogs.co.uk/?p=516#comment-1713 Hi

How did you get on with the independent review? We’ve just been hit with £1500 of penalties that we had no idea were accruing – seems like a complete scam!

I agree with Simon if there was such a need for compliance we’d have been made aware of the need to get our ECSL in order rather than waiting 100 days to let us know…

]]> By: Simon https://abrightonboyblogs.co.uk/vat-ec-sales-lists-red-tape-or-revenue-earner/#comment-1580 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:19:31 +0000 http://abrightonboyblogs.co.uk/?p=516#comment-1580 I am in a similar situation – although just with the one £500 fine. I have just received a letter from the lovely Mrs D Sharkey as well following her “review” – and rejecting my appeal. Interesting that in the first letter I had from them when I complained, they actually apologised for the delay in responding (it has taken 3 months to get to here) – so it’s OK for HMRC to drag their feet, but not OK for us mere mortals trying to run businesses (and employing people) to fall foul of a bit of red tape. Lest we forget – ECSLs are not about paying any money over to HMRC!

My beef is that they let it go the full 100days before telling me that I owe £500. If the fine was all about ensuring compliance, then why not write a letter on the first day that the £5/day fine starts? Methinks it’s all about revenue raising!

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