With another Winding Up Order coming up at the end of the month, the Cherries are not expecting any room for manoeuvre from the HRMC, including the automatic freezing of the Cherries bank account again.
Cherries Chairman, Eddie Mitchell, is quoted in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "I tried to convince them to put it back and gave them proposals to bring the tax considerably below the figure they are petitioning for, but they weren’t having any of it. Our accountants are trying to negotiate a payment plan and we should know about that tomorrow. They are taking a tough line. We produced figures to show how the debt has reduced since we have been here and how sensible it would be to give us time to clear the rest, but the tax man is familiar with the club’s circumstances of old and feels it is not good to give us time. I sympathised with them when we first took over because there was a considerable sum owing and it was just ignored. But if they looked at the effort we have made, they would see we have been addressing it. I am annoyed".