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Online Tax System Goes Down
by tryme1 @ 03.02.08 - 01:37:18

Most people probably knew that the deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns online was extended by a day because the HMRC website went down.

Um. Didn't anyone predict that January 31st would be a super high traffic day and ensure the HMRC's servers could cope with the demand. It appears not.

The thing is that, in internet terms, the additional server load wasn't that great - sites like Google, Digg and FaceBook handle far, far higher volumes each and every day with no problems and they don't have the resources of a government department.

I was intrigued by Richard Murphy's comments, however.

Murphy said "It’s tax submission deadline day and HMRC’s web site can’t handle the traffic. Don’t blame HMRC I say - just get it done on time."

If the deadline is January 31st, then filing on January 31st is getting it done on time. Or is there something I've missed ?

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funkdifinofunkdifino pro
03/02/08 @ 01:52

I think the government gateway site is designed by some hermetic order as a kind of arcane ritual, designed to admit only those with secret knowledge access to the relevant forms. I ceased trading two years ago and they keep asking me for returns, my life has been too complicated to fit into the format of their forms.....impossible...and they lie

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