Comments on: On-line tax and a smart little NGO http://idealgovernment.com/2005/04/the_reality_of_e_government_as_it_affects_a_small_ngo/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:36:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard-s http://idealgovernment.com/2005/04/the_reality_of_e_government_as_it_affects_a_small_ngo/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Richard-s Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:33:23 +0000 the_reality_of_e_government_as_it_affects_a_small_ngo#comment-379 It worked for me! Those nice IR people have even sent an email acknowledgement to my ordinary company email address (not my secure IR mail box). I've just filed my company's annual PAYE and NI return online, using the Inland Revenue's free software. It crashed only once (possibly due to my "finger trouble") and this was the final Saturday morning before the deadline. So long as small companies actually have to pay tax <wry grin> I believe that the process should be made as simple as possible for us: Large companies will always have experts and accountants. For a small company, this is a once-a-year activity so involves the usual panic while hunting for the obscure login details followed by puzzlement over the online forms and process. The process seemed similar to last year's. It would be nice if: 1. All questions were in English rather than tax code. 2. The "overall filing process" and the "current stage reached" were made clearer. (Like the progress bars on many web questionnaires.) It worked for me! Those nice IR people have even sent an email acknowledgement to my ordinary company email address (not my secure IR mail box).

I’ve just filed my company’s annual PAYE and NI return online, using the Inland Revenue’s free software. It crashed only once (possibly due to my “finger trouble”) and this was the final Saturday morning before the deadline.

So long as small companies actually have to pay tax I believe that the process should be made as simple as possible for us: Large companies will always have experts and accountants.

For a small company, this is a once-a-year activity so involves the usual panic while hunting for the obscure login details followed by puzzlement over the online forms and process.

The process seemed similar to last year’s. It would be nice if:
1. All questions were in English rather than tax code.
2. The “overall filing process” and the “current stage reached” were made clearer. (Like the progress bars on many web questionnaires.)

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