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Credit due from Simplicity Energy - incorrect statements, how do I request these are corrected?
To cut a long story short, I was with Simplicity Energy when they entered administration earlier this year and I have noticed that their final statement is incorrectly showing that I owe them £550 approx, whereas in actual fact I was in credit and had circa £750 owed to me! Simplicity was in the process of tidying up my…
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Dementia care allowance
My elderly parents will be moving in with me as my dad has dementia and mum is struggling to cope. We are in the process of applying for support from our local council to pay towards the cost of carers sitting with dad while my mum has a break. My question is, will my and my husbands income be taken into account as part of…
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Council Tax rebate
We have followed Martin’s advice and appealed our council tax band for the last 10 year. We had council tax benefits for an amount just over the difference and the council now say we are not owed any rebate as with the CT benefit we paid below the new amount after the band has been lowered. I have tried to find advice but…
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Council Tax for weekday Lodger
Hi, I currently live with my 3 children so being the only adult in my home, I qualify for single persons discount. I am planning to take in a weekday lodger. This person is an adult who owns her own property with her partner and will be staying with my family for work on week nights only. My question is: Will I lose my…
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Reduce Council Tax
I have made improvements to my house since moving in four years ago including wall and loft insulation, double glazing, solar panels etc., and therefore believe I should be in a lower council tax band. However, the Council tells me that I will not be able to change Council Tax Band until I sell the property. So the new…
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Tax on PPI claim
My Mother was taxed over £600 on a PPI reclaimed payment. She is a pensioner. Can she get this money back herself.
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Solar panels
Can someone please help has there been any official time restrictions on claims of miss sold solar panels by finance agreement
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Waiting On Tax Refund For Months
Hey all, I was told when I did last year's self assessment that I was due a tax refund of £800. They said they sent it straight to my bank account and all was fine until I noticed that after 3 weeks it still hasn't hit my account. Upon further investigation I realised that I had accidentally put in the correct bank account…
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CML Claims Masters Ltd, Coventry
Had an email from CML advising that they had uncovered a PPI claim that was refused previously by GE Money for c.£4000. They want us to pay £350 upfront solicitors fees - not sure how comfortable I feel about doing this.. the amount they are saying we can claim is an exact amount, which seems unusual.. any…
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Council tax bill when I didn’t own/live at property?
Me and my partner just bought our first house (previously rented a flat in the same town). Straight away I started receiving council tax bills, which was odd because 1. council tax has always been in my partners name and not mine, and 2. my surname was spelt incorrectly meaning someone else gave it to the council (previous…
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Tax
HMRC are saying I owe 39000 tax! I only earn 12500 PA I have phoned them they say they will look into it however have just noticed they are charging me £11.00 per day interest. Have now phoned 5 times ( 1 hour at a time) any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Inherited house and council tax
I hope I'm posting in the right area if not please move and I apologize for the long post. I inherited my mother's home in Feb 2020. This house is over a hundred miles from my present home and totally unsuitable for my partner who is disabled. He is the only driver so can only get to the house when he is feeling okish and…
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Car dent in car park
So yesterday in tescos car park like usual I reversed out of my parked space and drove along line usual, it was a bright sunny day and I ended up hitting something at first I didn’t think much of it because I thought it was just me stalling (lol) it was a small little hit, and then I checked and it was a white plastic…
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Taking sellers to small court over breach of contract
Hello you wonderfully helpful people, I recently purchased my first home and apart from white goods that they had agreed to in the Contents form, the property was supposed to be left in an empty and clean condition. One week into getting the keys, I went into the loft space and it was full of different items, 3 christmas…
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What month to expect Tax Refund PAYE?
Hi all I am due a tax refund of a couple of thousand pounds this year and the HMRC office said one can get it anytime in the next 5 months. Sigh. What are your experiences and when have you usually been issued it? Would one expect May or is it actually more like September? Thank you
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Council Tax one person discount
I recently realised for the last 8 years I have been living alone and paying full council tax and no getting the discount for living alone. I approached my council they are going to refund me 2 years but say that’s all they can do. If the behave was due to wrong banding the council I understand can go back to 1993 . I…
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Council Tax Band
Watching the Martin Lewis show a few weeks ago prompted me to check my banding and neighbouring bands and has left me with a question/query which I'm hoping people here can advice on. So all the houses in my street are in band E except for 1 solitary house which is in band D, checking the details it seems that the owner…
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Council tax Tribunal Tomorrow!
Hi all, Just looking for some advice, we have our Council Tax Tribunal tomorrow. We have new build property (4 bed semi, no garage), row of 4 on a street that's been around since the 60's (mostly Terrace & Semi's all band C/D including a detached 4 bed, Band E). The valuation office have gone 10 minutes away to prove their…
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ERC
Hi there, my husband and I wanted to port our existing mortgage with Santander to a new property. Current mortgage £91,000.00, wanted to port £70,000.00. Having decided that they won’t port the mortgage and want it paid off, the are also charging us a redemption fee. This feels very unfair as it is not our decision to…
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Landlord won't return deposit
I will keep this brief as this for me has gone on far to long almost 7 years A landlord who won't give me my deposit back (he didn't put into a deposit scheme) I first applied for its return by way of a money claim in 2014 he ignored this, so I was granted a Judgment for claimant. Myself having suffered ill health, I tried…
