Well actual no, I went from an Audi to a Nissan similar value same engine. I was driving 1500 miles a week chasing sales and making nothing, the last thing on my mind was whether the wages department were doing their job right!!!!! And to be honest I don't agree with taxing people for company cars in principle. Especially when you can't accually do you job without the car and have no time or money to use the car as what the claim to be a benefit. I don't think they did make timely use of the information because they obviously have the information but claim they have no information to act on. The opening statement of their letter is a complete and utter fabrication because I spoke to someone and they said,,,,,oh yes we have your P11D.

Sounds like the my previous employer or HMRC have sat on their arses. I don't see how they pin it on me. As an employee its the company that sort all the tax stuff out with HMRC and I get sent a tax which I'm expected to check and some how know whether its right or not. It's rediculous, how do I know what HMRC are basing their calculations on. Will they send me copies of the P46(car) and P11D and tell when they recieved it?

Anything to add regarding asc a19?

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Hi, I recieved a demand from HMRC for under paid tax from 2008/09 as a result of changing company cars mid way through the tax year. I was subsequently made redundant at the end of the tax year and registered self employed for the next 18 months. In may this year HMRC sent me a demand for the underpaid tax for the second half of the year because the car benefit was higher than the tax code I was on. I've looked into this and found that an ASC A19 may apply because HMRC didn't act on information provided to them i.e. P11D. I have never recieved a copy of a P11D and don't extactly know when HMRC got their copy. All I know is that they did get one because they told me they had it one record over the phone. I've written to them claiming an ASC A19 and they say it doesn't apply because they had no information to act upon. Which seems strage because they seem to know I owe them money. The company I worked for sorted all the company car stuff out and the tax code they sent me seemed ok, but to be honest I wouldn't know how to check if it wasn't correct. How do I get out of this one? I'm currently on a very low income and claim working tax credit, will my credits be increased if I have to pay out extra for underpaid tax? Cheers Backpain