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Tax rebate
Asking on behalf of a friend: My friend is homeless and had been told he is due a tax rebate but he has no fixed address hmrc cannot send the cheque to him so they have told him they have sent it to his banks 'account holding department' for it to be credited into his account. It hasn't been paid into his account as of…
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Benefit in Kind - does it fall on widow
Hi all I really hope you can help? I have been searching and reading as I'm trying to get a better understanding of benefit in kind. I know a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous so i'm hoping that I don't fall into that trap as tax is a very confusing subject. My dad passed suddenly and unexpectedly a couple of months…
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Wrong Tax Code - Obtaining a Refund
At the end of February 2016 I have a new job with the NHS. I forgot to hand in my P45 from my previous employer so I was put on an OT CUMUL which means for tax period 12, I paid £224.20 tax which is way higher than I should be paying. I would like to mention that in tax period 11 with my previous employer (Sainsburys) I…
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Unemployed but paying full council tax
Hi all, I'm not sure if there's anything to be done, but if not, it's good to rant. After 18 years in the same job, I've been unemployed since 2014, except for a 3 week job in early 2015 - so, just over a year officially. I was unable to find any work where I lived in the midlands, partly due to my eyesight meaning I can't…
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I don't qualify for flat rate job expenses?
I've been with the NHS for a few months now. I am a ward clerk and filled in a uniform form with my measurements when I joined. I then found out that only female ward clerks (and similar administrative and clerical roles) wear a uniform and males have to provide their own shirts, trousers and shoes. On this year's first…
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Entitlement Agency
A relative of mine has unfortunately signed up by mistake to the Entitlement Agency who got her son a tax rebate, she thought that their website was a official revenue site and of course they charged her a % of the total reclaimed. She of course recognises her mistake but it now turns out that she has signed over her sons…
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CGT holdover relief on residential property
Hello and thank you in advance for any advice. If I give my son a residential property that i rent out can the CGT due be deferred until the property is actually sold,say, 20 years later? Thank you
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Valuing estate for IHT 205
I am the executor of my fathers will and need a little advice regarding valuing the contents of his house. I am trying to do this myself without paying for a solicitor because I know for definite that no Inheritance tax will be due as he has his own allowance and at of my late mothers. His estate is worth around £290k…
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bank charges and interest
We have a couple of Santander 123 accounts paying 3% interest. To get this we have to pay the £5 per month charge. For tax purposes, is there any way can we offset this charge against interest?
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Personal Tax Account -PTA
Everyone has a personal tax account. https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account If you have verified yourself on .gov.uk you can see how your tax code has been arrived at and adjust it if incorrect. My tax codes changed, incorrectly, and by logging on to my personal tax account or PTA, I corrected the mistake HMRC had made…
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Do I correctly understand how end of year tax is calculated?
I have 2 jobs. One is paid monthly, and the pay is different each month depending on hours worked. One is paid weekly and the pay varies dramatically, with some weeks nothing being earned, others £120 being earned, and with others £1k being earned, due to how payments for work are processed. This causes my NI payments to…
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Tax code / benefits in kind, job expenses. What?
Hello, Apologies if I sound like an idiot! My tax code is the usual 1100L, something like that. My husband earns slightly less than me, his code is 1043L He works for the NHS and he has taken part in the home computing scheme initiative, this takes £99 per month our of his wage. We emailed HMRC querying his tax code, and…
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Marriage Allowance and Self Assessment Form
Just started my on-line HMRC Self Assessment Form for 2015-16. There is a Question to say are you giving away part of your Personal Allowance. But no question to say "Has it been given to you". Hence the Tax Calculation at the end is £212 to high (i.e. 20% of £1,060). Anyone else discovered this?
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Second Property Stamp Duty
Does anyone know exactly how this new stamp duty works? Specifically if I were to buy a second property and arrange for some refurbishment work to be undertaken on it, say moved in to the house three months later, and then sold my current house in which I reside, would I syill have to pay the extra stamp duty?
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Tax coding question
Hi all, I have tried looking on the Internet but can't find the answer I'm looking for. I have received my tax notice for this year which is 1090L (I'm a basic rate tax payers) and a 100 quid is deducted for medical insurance. My employer provides something called medicash but all this you can claim 60 quid a year back for…
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Incorrect tax taken ?
I got my code for this year reduced fron 1120L to 1001L (ie no tax payable. My week 5 slip now shows this code, but tax taken is £32 (total to date £51.40) Surely on 1001L I should not be paying tax ???
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Cis
My son has been working self employed CIS. He finished with a company a couple of months ago, but they have not yet forwarded any statements of pay and deductions he has made/ had taken off his wages. He has repeatedly contacted them but they have not sent a statement yet. Is there anywhere we can get the information from…
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Council Tax Help
I'll try and make this as short as I can. I have a council tax bill between me and a friend of around £1700. This includes some court charges. I didn't find out I had this till recently because the letters they sent me were sent to a old address and no one bothered to forward them to me. I lived at the house June 2013 -…
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IHT Question
My father died a while back and I've been working my way through IHT400. Everything passes to my mother, so whilst the form was long, it was pretty straightforward. Anyway, in the declaration section it asks if I wish to apply for a Probate, Confirmation, Letters of Administration, Letters of Administration with will…
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Council Tax
I just contacted Bedfordshire council about getting a discount on my council tax bill as myself and my wife are leaving to go to Denmark at the end of the month and we will be leaving the property empty until we can get a tenant in. They said that they no longer give discounts for empty properties yet they give a discount…
