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Non-refundable hotel
Hi Hopefully this isn't a duplicate thread. I booked a hotel room just before Covid restrictions hit in January. Hotel cancelled my booking, offered a voucher. Booking was "non-refundable". I want to go to the hotel and rebook my room for November, however, prices have increased by 66%. I'm not willing to pay another £100…
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Pay back furlough
Hi, I handed my notice in at work and they have told me I need to pay back all of the furlough I received, is this correct?
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Concerned at mixing after only 1st jab
My MIL is or was in support bubble with me and hubby. All three of us have been and do remain careful - but Mother in law had final vaccine and asked nurse if she was ok to resume going out. To which the nurse suggested she go to a large clothing outlet that is near by - saying it will do you good. So that is exactly what…
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Payment holiday AP marker
I took a 3 month payment holiday with nationwide back in march, despite being assured my credit file would not be impacted I get an alert today that they have recorded an arrangement to repay on my credit report. I am scared my other lenders will find out about this and close my accounts without realising this information…
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SEISS part 4... Totally confused if I can claim or not
Hi there, Long term lurker but first time poster... I wonder if you can help me please. I am a self-employed freelance writer earning anywhere between £1400 and £2100 take home a month. Technically it looks like I qualify for SEISS part 4, but I am finding the Gov and other guidance so vague and despite going through it…
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Alpharooms refund
Hi. We have a hotel booking with Alpharooms for Benidorm on 14th May. I have read some reports that they are difficult to deal with regarding refunds & that they are taking 10% cancellation fees from people. Has anyone had any dealings with this company? We have travel insurance but not sure if the refund should be coming…
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Apartment through booking.com wont refund/move dates after flights cancelled
We booked 4 x apartments through booking.com last year, due to covid flights cancelled, owners refused to refund, but moved dates to 19 June this year. Now Jet2 have cancelled our flights. Owner refused to move dates again or refund. Booking.com spoke to owners and say that as Greece is open they wont refund or move dates.…
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BH Air - Cancelled flight for 22 Aug 2020 - No refund issued
Hi all, We booked return flights from Varna to Manchester on the 22 August 2020 directly with BH Air. Sometime in the summer the flight was cancelled by them (around June I believe). We are yet to recieve a refund for the flight despite chasing it multiple times. The last time we contacted them was early February and we…
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Still Awaiting Flight Refund
Here's the catch: Parents booked airlines through our usual travel agent for a trip back in May 2020. Obviously, COVID happened and the Emirates cancelled the flight at the time. Travel agent asked them of their options by then - refund versus voucher. We opted for the refund. However, while in the process of getting said…
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Easyjet refund
Hi ...can any one give me some advice plz Last year we could not fly with easyjet due to the pandemic so because I knew I would be going away this year and I opted for the vouchers. We booked our flights last week using the vouchers plus paid for an extra person as well and then Easyjet cancelled our flight which was…
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Why can commercial retail landlords get no help even if they have had to cut their tenant’s rent?
Why is it that commercial retail landlords can get no help from the government when we have been forced to suspend our rental income in order to help keep our tenants going during the Covid crisis?
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SEISS 5
I’m very confused about the 5th grant how do I know if I’m eligible? Will the 30% reduction in turnover be a comparison between 19/20 and 20/21 or between 20/21 and 20/22. Or even 19/20 and 21/22. Also does turnover refer to gross income aside from grants to date? I’m trading but with tiny income currently, although my…
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Forgot to press submit on the SEISS form........
I'm sure its just bad luck for me - but hoping someone might have some words of advice! I completed the forms for the 3rd SEISS grant - printed out the last page as proof I had submitted it. A few weeks passed and I still hadn't received my money and so I checked. Turns out I got to the second to last page of the form…
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Turkish Hotel changed owner
Hi, I'm a big stumped and not sure where to go from here. So back in 2020 I was on holiday in Turkey, I liked the place so much that while I was there I made a future reservation for 10 nights for September 2021. At the time I did not realise how far reaching the whole covid pandemic would be etc. When I made the…
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Testing while overseas
As holidaying is not yet permitted, this is probably a little premature in asking, but will get a conversation going anyway.. As I read it, going to a (hopefully) 'green' country (in my case Gran Canaria, Spain) We will need PCR test in advance of leaving the UK? We will need some form of test prior to leaving GC for UK?…
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SEISS to one partner in a partnership
Hi, I'm about to do our partnership tax return and am a little unclear as to how to proceed. There are 2 people in the partnership (me and my wife!) and she was eligible for the SEISS grants last year and I wasn't as I am receiving more than 50% of pay from my pension. I knew it was taxable so I included it in the profits…
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Seiss grant 4
Been refused grant 4 as hmrc didn't receive my paper return until after 2nd march, i did receive the other 3 with no problems. I was declared bankrupt in september 2019 and therefore my utr changed and i had to file my first return after discharge with a paper one. I did not receive this until mid Febuary 2021, i should…
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Does taking credit note forfeit right to a refund?
We made a booking at the end of 2019 pre covid for a sat-sat break for this Easter 2021 at a UK lodge site for £450, which obv couldn't go ahead as everything was still closed. The company emailed us a few weeks before stating this, and the generic email said if anyone had booked for Easter weeks, they would move it to…
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TUI have backed us into a corner and Esther way we will be out £1000-1500 out of pocker
Back in Sept 2019. We booked a holiday with TUI all inclusive for May 2020, paid via PayPal so I could get my Avios points on my AmEx. Then Covid struck..... TUI cancelled our holiday, and said they would issue a refund, but asked that we accept an incentive of £1000 to rebook the holiday for the following year, so we…
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SEISS 4 money earned between April 6th & 30th
Hi, I have a question about the SEISS 4 Grant. Since the qualifying period is February to April and the reduction of profit is to be calculated in the context of the whole tax year (20/21) how do I account for any money earned between April 6-30 2021 which is in the qualifying period but not in the relevant tax year?…
