On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:26:24 -0700 (PDT), The Real Doctor
 wrote:

>
>They will, however, disclose the basis on which they make that
>estimate. They do not send a letter saying "Pay us five thousand
>pounds now. If you want to know the basis on which we calculated that,
>you will have to go to court and pay more."
>

HMC did exactly that to us regarding VAT. Raised an assessment for
£3.5k (a figure picked out of the air unrelated to anything) and sent
a bailiff round to pick it up, then said *we* have to explain it. Took
us 3 years to prove to them that what they thought was missing
turnover simply represented work in progress at the year end before we
got it back

Derek
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