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Toodles
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Topic starter 10/06/2026 7:22 pm   [#3052]

Just something to brighten up your day / evening / night.

I registered with HMRC a few months ago so that I might carry out on-line submissions for my tax. The app has always been ‘flakey’ to say the least and some days, I could open the app but others, it would not allow me at all. Getting a little peed off with this situation and when invited, I decided to reset my password and go through a long procedure to prove I am me and am alive etc.

Having used Gov UK to ascertain I exist in the past, I was then invited to prove my existence using this app. My only means of ‘proof’ is my passport (which was purchased a few years ago solely for the purpose of proving my existence and has never been used for anything else!) I went through the rigmarole of providing my NI number, DOB, colour of toenails, name of hamster etc., I was then requested to take a photo with my iPhone of the photo page of my passport and , having told them my passport has the embedded chip in the front cover, was then invited to scan this to confirm information.

My passport photo page shows my correct details - so far so good… scan the chip and it comes up with a page of data stating I was born in 2047! Needless to say, though I have tried ten or more times to pass this procedure to enable me to progress to HMRC app, I just see ‘Something went wrong’ type messages however, and which ever way I try to pass go and collect £200, it would seem impossible to make any progress!

I am currently waiting for Gov Uk to resolve this, but, I suppose I may have to wait until I exist in 2047 for a reply! Ho-Hum. Regards, Toodles.


Toodles, heats his home with cold draughts and cooks food with magnets.


   
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10/06/2026 7:27 pm  

Posted by: @toodles
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am currently waiting for Gov Uk to resolve this, but, I suppose I may have to wait until I exist in 2047 for a reply! Ho-Hum. Regards, Toodles.

Is this the millennium bug.  That's a faintly serious comment; it's entirely possible that DoB is coded with a 2 digit year (although THE millennium bug has slightly different origins).  Were you born in 1947?


This post was modified 1 hour ago by JamesPa

4kW peak of solar PV since 2011; EV and a 1930s house which has been partially renovated to improve its efficiency. 7kW Vaillant heat pump.


   
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