Wednesday, April 9, 2008

I saw three slips

You've wolfed your seasonal fodder, watched Jamie Oliver's alternative Christmas speech and got drunk on cava cocktails and almond and cream-based liqueurs. If only there was something great to do with the rest of your day, writes Susan Smillie.

But hang on a turkey-gobbling minute - there is. Excitingly, you can file your tax return. Online. Can anyone tell me what better fun there is to be had on the biggest telly-watching holiday of the year? According to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, as the tax office was renamed a few months ago (quite what was wrong with "tax office" I can't imagine) 306 self-assessment tax returns were filed online last Christmas Day, and more than 12,000 across the four day festive period.

Why? Who are these people?

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