BillBlank Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I'm actually pleased with something so felt like sharing my satisfaction. I've just taxed the A8 and declared my GSXR SORN and it took three minutes. Quick, simple easy to use. Why can't everything be like this? It's so much nicer than my youth and that endless queue in the post office clutching the documents and cash in my lunch hour and being coughed on by oiks. The only fly in the ointment is that if my limited experience of civil service procurement is anything to go by then it cost five times what it should have done. Can anyone else think of anything that involves interaction between state and citizen that has actually got better in the last twenty years? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Errrm??? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Can anyone else think of anything that involves interaction between state and citizen that has actually got better in the last twenty years? For the State or for the citizen? If the latter, then (errr) no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Filing your tax return online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I thought of that, but then dismissed it as (a) they also brought the deadline for paper returns back to 31 Oct and (b) moved to the current system of payments on account where you have to estimate what your earnings are going to be, pay tax on those earnings, then pay a fine if you underestimate. So while being able to file online is a plus, it came as a package that included minuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 it came as a package that included minuses To be expected really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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