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A Postal mystery

A CARDIFF flat owner has been left flummoxed after he received 11,000 tax bills for Chinese companies.

The companies have all used his address to register for VAT and he has been receiving hundreds of HMRC letters through his door in the past few weeks.

HM Revenue and Customs have apologised to Mr Dylan Davies, but they say the error is a mystery.

Chief executive Jim Harra said they were aware of a serviced office address which was similar but is not exactly the same and so that may not be the explanation. He went on to say the HMRC had not as yet got to the bottom of the mystery but that he was confident it was not a widespread fraud. fiords, but that while she was happy to spend the £333, she wanted to be careful with the other larger amount.

Out of the 11,000 letters delivered to Mr Davies’s address, more than 2,000 of them owe money for tax payments. However, Mr Jarra said that collecting the debts would be a “challenge.” Because they have no genuine address to write to.

Mr Davies was given assurances that no legal action would be taken against him.

Both woman have faced health struggles in the past.

Margaret has just been given her fourth year all clear for breast cancer and Joyce had a stroke 20 years ago and wasn’t able to walk for some time.

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