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Shagging hell, I've been in the financial hole more than once in my life but this takes the cake.
One railway worker recently found himself lumped with a tax coding notice for £14 trillion. Shit a brick.
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Giles Hembrough opened the letter after returning home from the pub telling him his tax code had changed. It is unknown whether he went straight back to the pub.
The letter read: "We think the amount you owe HMRC is £14,301,369,864,489.03.
"We will let you know if this amount is right when we look at your tax return for the year."
Hembrough said: "I have had lots of tax errors recently so I thought it was just an update.
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"When I noticed the figure at the bottom I had to do a double take. I was incredibly surprised of course [as] it was such a big number."
He added: "I gave HMRC a ring and said to the woman that I thought my code was wrong.
"When she opened my file she said 'Oh that is a big amount, it looks like someone has fallen asleep on the keyboard'."
Hembrough is keeping his fingers crossed that HMRC just fucked up his tax code. Better yet, he's taking the whole thing with good humour.
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"I have been showing it round," he added. "Most people just find it really funny. I will be checking my pay check closely though next month."
If it's real, probably just worth popping to The Winchester until it all blows over.
Words by Josh Teal
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