Another NTA Fuck Up?

[mercenary for hire]

Revenue are sound,taxi drivers have never paid as much tax.I doubt revenue are concerned John.

Maybe when the downturn eventually happens they'll shake us down a bit more.

[John m]

Revenue are sound,taxi drivers have never paid as much tax.I doubt revenue are concerned John.

Maybe when the downturn eventually happens they'll shake us down a bit more.

Merch you can imagine other Dispatchers could be asking Revenue the question ? The Revenue are not charitable im sure a well crafted enquiry possibly made through the relevent minister would generate such a response from the taxithingey ."We have been made aware of a possible Revenue issue relating to tax clearance updates, which may have resulted in SOME  licence holders receiving tax clearance notifications in error. We are currently engaging with Revenue for clarification. Not ALL just SOME ?

[watty]

Maybe every month the NTA ask Revenue about those whose licences are expiring that month?  Start of Oct is a few days away.  Or maybe it's alphabetical?  My guess is they're just keeping their database up-to-date and the two computers fukked up somehow.

Not a big deal... unless you've got your suitability this week (i.e. ME) and the NTA computer says NO 

[silverbullet]

Got that myself this morning.  Not a nice way to start the day & a few swear words were used.  Thankfully, God forgave me after I went to church and threw a few coins in the collection basket.

I logged onto Revenue and I am tax complaint.  Bit of a nuisance as I'm doing the suitability (LRA) this week and it'll be a long telephone queue before I get to speak to some minimum wage person in Cork 

I get to speak to some minimum wage person in Cork 

Or Delhi!

[Rat Catcher]

Rodent could Revenue contact UBER enquire how many registered Drivers .Then crosscheck their records for VAT registered drivers .A few Dickheads on other Platforms complaining about UBER and writing angry letters to TD s then posting their replies on the Facebook Pages seeking likes .Doing their best to bring the issue to the attention of revenue .Like I use to say never ask a question you do not already know the answer to .You only ever ask a question to get the Answer verified never to seek the answer .If you dont already know the answer dont ask the question .

Uber are required to make returns summarising payments to drivers under current regulations. DAC7 or something like that, it's called. They could cross check those against drivers' VAT returns if they wanted to. I don't think that's relevant to this fuck up though, my VAT returns are all in order.

[John m]

My VAT returns are up to Date .I was advised by my financial man to pay what I owed .Its just we assume that Revenue were mistaken ,but they probably advised the taxi thingey that SOME drivers may not have a Valid E cert on record .Could there be an Issue .If a Driver did not keep his tax accreditation up to date could his licence become invalid and his Motor insurance also be invalid as he was not a licenced taxi driver ?

[Rat Catcher]

Nha. They let you know when your tax clearance expires or is revoked. If you don't then sort it out within whatever time frame they allow they'll let you know that your SPSVVL is revoked. Revenue generally issue tax clearance once you address whatever needs to be addressed e.g. by making any outstanding returns. They wouldn't necessarily need whatever money is owed immediately to do that, they're always open to facilitating drip arrangements where required.

You and I are in a minority of 4 drivers that I know of who actually pay their VAT. There's no way Revenue are going to do anything that would require NTA to sack thousands of drivers. On balance you were probably (albeit correctly as far as the law is concerned) poorly advised.

[Rat Catcher]

... moral of the story... Don't ask!

[watty]

Revenue will tighten the screws at some point.  They've taken a softly softly approach with property tax for example.  But this year they let it be known they're gonna start adding on interest and penalties to those who don't pay.  If that doesn't get people motivated, they'll probably start applying the rule and sending out invoices to people.  Ultimately, it comes out of your estate after you die.  Probably the same with us (minus the death bit).  Once, say, 25% of Uber 'partner drivers' pay VAT, they'll try and get it to 50%, then 75% and so on.  Removing our Tax Clearance Cert is the ultimate threat.

[Octavia1]

 

[John m]

... moral of the story... Don't ask!

JESUS HOW FUCKING HARD IS THAT .There is a Useless cunt on Facebook thinks he is intelligent I have Shites and Plants more intelligent but he Keeps writing to Politicians asking to be Punished .Mostly thank Allah/God nobody listens to Jonathan the Intellectual midget

[John m]

... moral of the story... Don't ask!

No industry has asked for more and got it .We complained about shitty cars passing the NCT .We got a nine year rule and a suitability test .WE PAID .We complained about Double jobbers we got a door sticker WE PAID .We complained about out of area we got Stickers WE PAID .We complained about part timers .We had £12 licence increased to 500,WE PAID .We complained about Students they reduced the licence renewal to every 3 years WE PAID .We complained about VAT brought the issue out into the open WE PAID .TDs Government ministers cannot do enough for us when we voice our concerns .

[watty]

Praise be to Allah / God / FDS for his wise words - Stay the fukk away from cameras and microphones 

[John m]

Praise be to Allah / God / FDS for his wise words - Stay the fukk away from cameras and microphones 

Yep .Lads writing to TD s who represent millions of VOTERS telling them WE as a Group are totally divided .Why would any TD ever get involved ? Lads ranting that Publicans Reps are complaining that there are not enough Taxis .They have done that for years .Have the Taxi thingey listened to them ?Unlike Organisations representing Wheelchair users they got more WATs .Some lads are Karaoke letter writers they think they sound good but they dont hear what others hear .Back to my Original unanswered Question .Who asked for this Review and why ?

[watty]

Apart from the legally required biannual fare review, there is no review.  Well, maybe they'll get the office junior to produce a 1page 'needs further study' report in 12 months time.  A few months ago, we were days away from striking (allegedly) but since the review announcement, it's being tumbleweeds. 

That's how Irish Govt works - kick the can down the road and don't make a decision, e.g. HSE, NTA, Citizens Assembly, Consultants' reports, judge-led inquiries etc etc.

Edit: National politicians do funerals and write letters to Social Welfare, nothing more, nothing less.