April Fools
This page records the public April Fools created by Mark Lee.
April Fools
Articles
2026 – My new clients will need to be accountants who like magic
2025 – Chancellor consulting on reintroducing a luxury rate of VAT
2024 – Accountants are the reason we have April Fools day
2023 – Permanent change of the tax year end to 31 March
2022 – HMRC press release to speed up call transfers when you call them
2021 – Tax Advice Network expanding from Find A Tax Adviser to Find A Tax Inspector
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bookmarklee_edit-this-was-an-april-fool-not-sure-activity-6783283081701810176-HkcJ
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6783281968948760577
2020 – Nothing new. Just a reminder of what happened in 2009
2019 – Tax year end moving from 5 April to 31 March
Only published in an email sent via infusionsoft
https://ko956.infusionsoft.com/Mail/filter/batchinstance.jsp?noresend=true&id=35881
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/why-does-the-tax-year-end-5-april-and-not-31-march
2016 – New hologram support service for accountants
2011 – Overlooked Budget paper will force Gordon Brown to apologise
2010 – New HMRC penalties for anyone responding to scam emails
2009 – Budget 09 – Leak re BIG increase in VAT registration threshold
https://taxadvicenetwork.blogspot.com/2009/03/budget09-leak-re-big-increase-in-vat.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/5116101/VAT-threshold-April-Fool-taken-seriously.html
https://marksaccjokes.blogspot.com/2009/04/300th-post-budget09-leak-april-fool.html
