Ok, so everyone is in agreement that I use my own UTR with an incorrect couple of digits for the sole trader account, at the revised address should be the safest option?
Do I just get the tax office to resend it through to me at the new address so I have it to hand should Amazon want to see it?
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?
OP needs to also provide letter from hmrc to amazon
How will that be typo!!
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Originally Posted by jeffweico
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.
I am not trying to argue with anyone here, I respect Callidus, TakingTheMickey and Greenbean, I just always err on the side of extreme caution when it comes to this type of stuff. The last thing you want is to be investigated by the IRS or the UK equivalent of the IRS.
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