If they don't pay on time, you should expect that they will pay penalties
and interest. These should be calculated on the same basis as penalties and
interest are calculated on unpaid VAT and Income Tax.
In this land we are not always very clever, but we can send our accounts to
the goverment paying body by X-400 mailbox and expect the money to be
electronically tranferred to our bank account within 11 days, and a
statement of money paid to be sitting in the X-400 box.
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Stephen Crawshaw MB BS MSc
Townsville, Australia.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Midgley <[log in to unmask]>
>N&E Devon HA faxed my practice and others at the end of May to inform
>us that the payment system was unavailable and therefor payments could
>not be made on time.
>
>Resisting the temptation to tell my staff that their payment system
>suffered from cascading unavailability, in case the staff developed the
>same condition, I went on to reflect on the problem and produced a
>solution which is in tune with the spirit of the age.
>
>The reason that the HA fell over on payments is their antiquated IT
>accounting system, to some extent, and they have a new officer doing by
>all accounts sterling work upon it, so that should improve, at least
>until th eyear after next.
>
>Even more so, though, it is because of the antiquated way of working
>which is forced upon them and AFAIK other HAs. Each month they must
>calculate the horribly complex fees due, and then make a series of
>payments. THis is difficult and there are not many staff in post to do
>it.
>
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