Quote Originally Posted by valleys caveman View Post
Surely completing and sending them a Cease Trading form via email at the end of December 2014 and them sending me one back thanking me for doing so should be all the proof they need?
They confirmed they could see my cease trading email when I spoke to them.
You are under no obligation to inform HMRC you have stopped trading. The only obligation is to inform HMRC if you need to file a tax return. The reason HMRC ask you to keep them updated is to avoid issues like this, which cost HMRC time and money to resolve.

You are on solid ground and as HSH and Auntie Andy have alluded to, you have been speaking with ill informed junior staff.