| fantomas0405 | 05-06-2016 10:35 PM |
Re: Amazon business Account
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffweico
(Post 729320)
I understand where Callidus is coming from, as it seems that Amazon cannot verify these numbers. However, I like the idea of transposing a couple of digits a lot better than totally making up some random number. Because if you are ever questioned by HMRC, explaining the transposed numbers away as a typo will sound reasonable - like an honest mistake that anyone could make. But if the number is completely different, then it is much harder to come up with a believable explanation.
I don't see the typo as fraud, as long as you are properly reporting your income and paying your taxes. Because if they DID investigate, and you had paid your taxes, then the typo explanation would be very easily believable and they probably wouldn't take it further than that. But with a totally made up number, anything would be possible.
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| I am bumping this thread as i think the question has not been answered completely...hoping jeffweico reads this or anyone who knows for that matter and could possibly answer
From what i know utr follows a check digit formula where the first digit is the check digit
Now assuming i have a real 10-digit utr provided by the hmrc for a ltd company and i wish to open a stealth sole trader account
Does the above statement from jeffweico mean that i can use the first real utr, change only a couple of digits to make it look like a typo and use it with amazon for stealth sole trader? Even if we assume that amazon cannot verify the utr directly with the hmrc, will they not run the check digit formula by themselves to see if the made up utr is valid? | 
