Hey Freelancers

Hands up if you're still working on your taxes?!

i forgot to declare myself freelance... :D

just clicked the pay button, damn them taking all my money.

you know, it has to be mostly there to submit, but you've got another year to make amendments if you're confident about it... ( last para http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/faqs/wha_appen.htm )
better that than the automatic 100 quid late submission...

I'm working on other peoples taxes :]

Can I have mine back please Object?

i pay an accountant to do that stuff, worth it as what she charges is paid for by the money she saves me.
still do my VAT myself though which is tedious, i can't see the point of paying a book keeper when you can do it yourself.

tax rebate on it's way :-) which buys me a new lens.

MrSmith i pay an accountant to do that stuff, worth it as what she charges is paid for by the money she saves me.
still do my VAT myself though which is tedious, i can't see the point of paying a book keeper when you can do it yourself.

I can.. but that's because I'm lazy busy doing other things and have no interest in working out my taxes.

had them done months ago, but i'm sitting here putting off the visit to the billpay website :-(

Sorry Hippy, I've hidden your tax in an offshore account so that one day I can save up enough to buy the domain http://www.nakedhippy.net
That's where all of my real money will come from.

As a tax loss I considered setting up http://www.dogsballs.com but realised that the beastiality interest would likely scupper that idea.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm "doing it online" [ehem] and "it" won't let me in. I keep getting different errors. How do I get into the self-assessment? ergh! I'm almost done!!!

Error 404--Not Found
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

You are here: Online Services
Online Services
Online Service Temporarily Unavailable
We are sorry but the service is currently unavailable.

Further information is provided.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Return to our home page

No offense but seriously!!! Leave it to the English to have planned maintenence on the tax site today.

Sorry - The HMCE site is currently unavailable whilst we carry out planned maintenance

We apologise for the disruption, and hope to have the site available again shortly.

During this time, our eVAT services will not be available. If you have a query relating to our eVAT service, please call the eVAT Helpdesk on 0845 010 8500.

Other online services are however still available, and can be reached from the following links.

• Intrastat

• VAT on e-Services (VOES)

• All other online services

For general business enquiries, please call our National Advice Service on 0845 010 9000.

Is anybody else getting these pages?!?!?!?

The Runtime Service cannot communicate with the Entitlements Service

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The information below details some of the possible scenarios when this error occurs, and how to troubleshoot it.

For the exact reason why this communication failed, refer to the Local Log file of the Runtime Service in the /log directory. The filename format is: LocalLogRUNTIME_.log.

For detailed descriptions of the causes and their solutions, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.

Possible reasons for this error

No Entitlements Service is available

Solution
Check:
if any of the Entitlements Services is running. Check the states of the Entitlements service instances using the GaFind command (/bin/GaFind), or check the status of the service instances in the SCA.
the URL and port number specified in the gaRuntimeServiceTraderUrl setting. To check the connection, try to ping the hostname in the URL.
the connection to the machine which hosts the Entitlements Service by pinging the machine hosting it. The Runtime Service Local Log should provide the machine name to which the Runtime Service is trying to connect.
The RuntimeSSL setting is not configured properly

Solution
Check:
if the SSL flags are correctly enabled in both Runtime Service and server machines using the gaRuntimeSSL flag.
if the KeyStore is transferred properly. Check the gaKeyStore setting in both the server and Runtime Service machines, and ensure the gaCA entry is the same in both the machines. (This means that both machines are trusting the same Certification Authority (CA).
You are using PAT, NAT and/or firewalls, but the proxy information is not properly configured

Solution
Check:
if you are using PAT or NAT, ensure the gaProxy setting is set to true.
if you are using either PAT or NAT, ensure your Proxy IORs are correct.
the Runtime Service Local Log for information on which IP address and port number the Runtime Service is using to connect with the Entitlements Service. Ensure they are the right ones from the machine that is hosting Runtime Service.
if the right ports are opened in the firewall. Refer to the firewall documentation for detailed instructions.
The Entitlements Service cannot accept the amount of connections required by all the Runtime Services

Solution
Check:
the gaAjpListener setting in the Entitlements Service to ensure it can accept all the required connections
the gaMaxProcessers and gaMinProcessers to ensure Entitlements Service(s) can handle all the required connections
The gaSvcIP setting for the Entitlements Service is "localhost"

Solution
Change this setting to the IP Address on which the Entitlements Service should listen. Using "localhost" makes the Entitlements Service accept requests only from the machine that is hosting it.
None of the above scenarios are applicable

Solution
Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.
Customizing this error message

To customize this message, edit the /templates/Runtime/EntitlementError.html file.

Alternatively, define the setting in the proper virtual server instance, and specify the filename that contains the error template.

Roxy - don't use the online calculator! It said I owed double what I really need to pay. Go find an accountant asap, and they'll do it for ya. And probably save you a heap.

Having fun?
Don't take my word for it but am sure my accountants told me yesterday that you get a month extension if you file on line and pay by BACS.
Please check this though as I was gazing out the window at the time.....

And they can do all the filing for you too!

i just do the colouring in and leave it to my accountant to do the adding up, worth every penny…

he does nice things like making sure my nice titanium road bike is a depereciable asset :^]

taxes? what taxes?

Error 404--Not Found
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

if you are having trouble with the website try changing to another browser, i had a right mare with the vat online 'government gateway' thingy which wouldn't recognise my password, swapping from firefox to safari solved the problem.

I don't know how you can do your own accounts if you have capital allowances to work out and payments on account and all that other stuff.
when i get the figures back with all the 'drawings', 'depreciation' and 'pool' and loads of other words i don't understand i just sign it and pay the money :-)

Thank you Yorgo, you've made me feel better.

As for the accountant thing, I used to have one and I went with that logic that what he cost me was paid by what he saved me. Then I realised I could just copy what he's done and actually save it! That's what I've done for the last four years and tomorrow this time I'll have a sense of achievement and saved myself some dosh. Plus I get this sick pleasure from filling in all the boxes.

I've tried both Safari and Firefox. Maybe I'll download Explorer, not like I have anything else to do.

le car taxes? what taxes?

you wan taxi?