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Self assessment and SEISS grant
I have a question please… I applied for all 5 of the SEISS grants as my self employed work was significantly affected. I applied for he 4th and 5th and was eligible and had reduced income due to the pandemic at that time. The second part of the year I ended up doing better than the previous year as I went from being an…
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Those trying to get refunds from Opodo
Taken me since March to even get through to someone at opodo, 3 letters wrote, 10 emails sent, 8+ (hour long) phone calls recorded, each time they promised a refund within 3 months and it never came, anything they promised never came. They updated my booking status a few times to make it seem like there was something…
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Cancellation before COVID.
Hi, I would really appreciate some help. I’ve been going backwards and forwards with a travel company regarding a refund and am considering next steps. I booked a packaged holiday, ATOL protected, in July 2019 for May 2020 to the Maldives, & paid a £200 deposit on my credit card. I contacted the company in November 2019 to…
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Claim back payment for a canceled flight
My son book a Virgin flight through A Dream in January 202)0 to flight out in June that year but did to covid it was cancelled he has rang them several time asking for his money but they just keep telling him they wil! Be in touch via email still nothing, so he has tried to go through his credit card company and they have…
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COVID positive isolation
Hi all I’ve tested positive this morning and told I have to stay at home for 5 days and it will go down as Ill. luckily I am not unwell and don’t agree with this being marked as I’ll as this will go on my record. any advice please? I can do some work from home so should I suggest that? Do they have to accept it? We have a…
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Section 75 refund refusal for cancelled flights
Has anyone had a refund refusal because the credit card company excludes all taxes when it looks at the value of the ticket purchased? In February 2020 I bought 2 internal flights on South African Airways for a total cost of £481. SAA have offered a credit voucher which I can't use so I claimed from AmEx under section 75.…
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Any help on this please Easy jet refused compensation due to alleged group of disruptive customers
Hi everyone, I got this from Easy Jet, I ended up paying quick time for a new flight (as mine got cancelled) this was first thing in the morning at 06:00 next day as I was not going to waste time on the APP and the notification of cancellation without any reason came through at midnight (finally) by email, my original…
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Reemployed and furloughed following redundancy
Hi Not sure if anyone else is/was in the same situation as us, or if anything can be done about it now… My husband was made redundant 29/02/20. He had been employed by the company for almost 20 years. A few weeks later we went into lockdown and any job prospects dried up. We heard about the government scheme allowing…
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Incorrect SEISS ammount on Self Assessment Form
I sat down this afternoon to complete my self assessment tax return and the first prompt it gives you is a total of your SEISS grants that need to be included in your tax return. HMRC has given me a total of £9177 which is incorrect and is the total of the 3 grants that I received during the 20/21 tax year. These were…
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Travel Trust Association Refund
I booked a package holiday with Teletext Holidays for July 2020 but due to pandemic moved it to May 2022 by which time Teletext Holidays went into administration. Long story short I have been chasing my refund with TTA since May on a monthly and now a weekly basis but have no success. My bank refused a chargeback because…
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SEISS & Tax return with HRMC
I received 5 SEISS grants Grant for 26 March 2020 to 13 July 2020Grant for 14 July 2020 to 19 October 2020Grant for 1 November 2020 to 29 January 2021 Grant for 1 February 2021 to 30 April 2021Grant for 1 May 2021 to 30 September 2021 I assume the last 2 grants should be part of the Self Employed tax return I've just…
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SEISS Confusion? "Claw back" grants?
Hi everyone, Thanks for any advice on this. My income was down this past tax year and I received 2 grants during the tax year 2021 to 2022 of £1809.00 My accountant has mentioned that HMRC might have an issue with this and they will not be able to "claw back" the SEISS grants "The main point of contention will be a fall…
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Work from Home tax claim
Hey everyone, I recently found out about the claim you can make through HMRC for working from home during the pandemic I worked on and off from home during the pandemic - my work kept sending us back during periods and then closing again. Over the 2 years, I worked out that I worked from home for a year in total. As the…
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Booster offered
I have just received an email saying that I am eligible for a seasonal booster vaccine...I am 49 and do not fit any of the other criteria...are they offering it to people who are borderline too due to low uptake?
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Best money-related acts of kindness of 2022 so far?
At the start of the year I asked for your Kindest money-related act of kindness of 2021? I enjoyed it so much that I'd like to get some more. Please tell me your: 💚💛 Best money-related acts of kindness of 2022 so far 💜💙 Thank you kindly!
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Travel insurance (Covid positive) - start date of policy
Hi, We booked a last minute holiday and booked travel insurance to start on the day we were due to travel. Our destination had strict Covid rules, we spoke to Insure and Go to make sure anyone in the family getting a positive Covid result would be covered. Two of the family tested positive the day before travel. Insure and…
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Spain lifts the last remaining travel restrictions 21/10
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements From 21 October 2022, all COVID-19 travel restrictions for travellers to Spain have been lifted. The rules that previously applied to travellers coming to Spain no longer apply:
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Travel Insurance refused to pay as no return tickets
Hello - i do hope someone can give me a good advice. We travelled to France, Paris on 6th March this year and booked an accommodation until the 11th March as were planning to go home on that day. We didn't buy return tickets as we were not sure if to go by a flight or Eurostar due to [potential] health issues with my…
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Event cancellation - Covid no longer covered
Really annoyed with Ticket Seller seetickets.com who sold me tickets for The Enchanted Forest in Pitlochry. Was taking grandson today but he tested positive for Covid yesterday so no intention of going and spreading it around (especially as would have involved 2 hour bus journey each way). Had taken out refund protection…
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Booster refused because of incorrect entry on vaccination record
I’ve already commented about this under the “Booster Offered “ thread, but my experience might help others so I’m posting a new thread with a more descriptive title. I went to a walk-in centre for my autumn Covid booster but was refused because my vaccination record said that I had already had it! When I looked at the NHS…
