Peter Rhodes on the taxman, computers and a worrying silence from the NHS
So how easy is it for the average elderly Brit, with perhaps only a passing knowledge of computers, to cope with the HMRC taxation process? I spent some desperate hours dabbling in it a few days ago. For reasons I won't bore you with, I became self-employed some months ago. My worry was that, with income tax no longer deducted at source, I might run up a debt. By my own reckoning, I already owed HMRC about £1,000 in unpaid tax.