f4f3 | Swings, Roundabouts, Snakes, Ladders.

You remember how I've been going on about doing a big holiday for Birthday 5-0?

That idle thought grew arms and legs when I got a VAT rebate of £3.5k, and I've just about got an itinerary worked out, and booked my holidays from work.

Then I got a call from my accountant, who, in the course of putting together my self-assessment for this year, realised that the way he's been handling my income from contract work doesn't apply any more due to some changes in the releavant tax law.

Long and short of it is that I have to find another £8k or so by 1st of March and, while I can probably do that, the holiday is probably a goner. I'm not going to moan about this - while paying the tax is going to leave me with a cash flow hole through till at least May I OWE the money, and I'll be paying it.

There's the option of going into liquidation since my company has ceased trading, without assets, and the Revenue could basically whistle for their money, but I don't really think it IS an option. It's stealing, so that I can keep my spending money, and it's not for me.

I'm going to miss out on seeing

helianthas , though, and

slobberpuppy and spending time with my son in Houston and Eric in Manhattan, and that really pisses me off.

But, hey, first world problems, and nobody died...