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Flights for a Caribbean holiday was given as someone's Self Assessment expense claim in 2014-15
Glamorous holidays abroad, luxury watches and Friday nights out all feature in HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC) latest list of the most outlandish expenses that customers tried to claim back on their 2014-15 Self Assessment returns. With a week to go until the 31 January deadline, HMRC is releasing the strangest expenses to make sure other customers don’t make similar claims:
All of the expenses above were rejected.
Ruth Owen, HMRC Director General of Customer Services, said: “Year after year we receive a number of ludicrous expense claims, ranging from international holiday flights to expensive designer clothing, which we would never uphold. Why should the honest taxpayer pick up the bill for others? HMRC will only accept those claims which are genuine, such as legitimate travel expenses or the cost of tools for the job.
Picture: 'Underwear - for personal use'
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
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