Tax Penalties, Speeding Points, Naturalisation Application
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:12 pm
Dear Readers
I am in the process of applying for naturalisation as BC. I am a doctor and have been on ILR for nearly 1.5 years. I would be grateful if any of you could clarify the following:
I have only 3 points on my DL (£60 fine) i,e SP30 speeding offence taken in Sep 2012 as Fixed Penalty Offer. Also I was operating a limited company (now dormant) as a managing director and had to pay corporation tax penalty for late filing of taxes in Nov 2012. All taxed have been paid now and I have also lodged appeal with HMRC to waive penalties charged as there were genuine mitigating circumstances for the delay in paying corp tax.
A couple of weeks ago, I went to a nearby NCS to submit by Naturalisation application which did mention speeding penalty under further notes but didnt write anything regarding limited company tax penalty/fine (as this was not incurred personally but onto company) However when I said this to the NCS officer, she called her colleague at Home office and told me that I need to wait for 3 years before I can apply successfully!! I was taken by surprise as I have not heard such a ruling before. She went on and asked me to sign a declaration saying 'she did warn me that my application might be refused'. Of course as you can imagine I didnt feel comfortable going ahead with my application & waste my money and hence did not submit my application.
I would really appreciate if anyone could throw light on my issue and also please send me a link for 'case worker guidance' on Naturalisation.
NB: I know a few people among my acquaintances who had to pay fixed penalty for late filing of corp tax for their ltd companies and got their Naturalisation done in record 4-5 weeks time recently.
Many thanks in advance.
I am in the process of applying for naturalisation as BC. I am a doctor and have been on ILR for nearly 1.5 years. I would be grateful if any of you could clarify the following:
I have only 3 points on my DL (£60 fine) i,e SP30 speeding offence taken in Sep 2012 as Fixed Penalty Offer. Also I was operating a limited company (now dormant) as a managing director and had to pay corporation tax penalty for late filing of taxes in Nov 2012. All taxed have been paid now and I have also lodged appeal with HMRC to waive penalties charged as there were genuine mitigating circumstances for the delay in paying corp tax.
A couple of weeks ago, I went to a nearby NCS to submit by Naturalisation application which did mention speeding penalty under further notes but didnt write anything regarding limited company tax penalty/fine (as this was not incurred personally but onto company) However when I said this to the NCS officer, she called her colleague at Home office and told me that I need to wait for 3 years before I can apply successfully!! I was taken by surprise as I have not heard such a ruling before. She went on and asked me to sign a declaration saying 'she did warn me that my application might be refused'. Of course as you can imagine I didnt feel comfortable going ahead with my application & waste my money and hence did not submit my application.
I would really appreciate if anyone could throw light on my issue and also please send me a link for 'case worker guidance' on Naturalisation.
NB: I know a few people among my acquaintances who had to pay fixed penalty for late filing of corp tax for their ltd companies and got their Naturalisation done in record 4-5 weeks time recently.
Many thanks in advance.