Hopefully your tax return was in by the end of last month! Â If not, what excuse will you give? Â Paperwork destroyed in a yacht fire and wasp attack in a car were apparently among the top ten excuses that HMRC received last year to explain late tax returns. Â Another was ‘I could not complete my tax return because my husband left me and took the accountant with him.’ Â Nothing to do with us I should add!!!