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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…
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DIESEL car compensation
There are lots of companies to reclaim compensation for buying a diesel car from 2007 to 2020 but how do you go about applying for the claim yourself?
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Breach of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Has anyone else been contacted by a company from Liverpool called Chase Monro? They cold called last week suggesting that my personal data had been leaked and that I could pursue a claim. I suggested they send me an email with a breakdown of what has happened, although they have sent through power of attorney forms and the…
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Empty house premium council tax
We bought a house at an auction that had been repossessed.
The property had been empty for five years and had been vandalised. For the
first eight months we had to carry out a considerable amount of renovating to
bring the property up to a habitable condition, then we decided to move in and
make it our home. We often…
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HMRC Cheque can they be cashed?
Hello all, I'm unsure if this is in the correct thread so if not I apologise. I have a tax refund being sent via cheque from HMRC but I have an online bank that doesn't accept cheque's. Can these cheques be cashed anywhere for example at a Post Office with ID etc. Thanks in advance
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Overhead power line compensation.
Hi All, I had a letter a few days ago regarding compensation for power lines that cross over my house. This was from a company called PCC who claimed to have been acting for the previous owner and been very close to the end of the claim after the previous owner had an offer. I have since moved in around 3 months ago and…
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marriage tax allowance
I have tried claiming online but the forms of ID asked for are a credit check which isnt a problem and a current passport which I dont have what do I do? Thank you
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DORMANT ACCOUNT?
Nat West Bank sent all my husband's savings from his company to the Treasury in 2018 without informing us. He had a stroke in 2015 and had to close the company. From what I have read, the Law in 2009 states that if the Treasury wanted to claim this money in under 15 years, it had to be agreed with the Minister. Does anyone…
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Reclaiming Import Duty paid
In February I returned a product to Finland having paid £40 duty to HMRC via DHL. Your MSE article rightly advises to claim a refund using HMRC form C285. At first attempt it was impossible to complete due to the details required. I rang DHL tax and duty team and they immediately provided all the reference numbers I needed…
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There are no houses like mine?
Hi I have looked at the banding of houses in my area and those that similar or have larger habitable areas are in a lower banding, the problem is that I live in a rural area and none of the house are the same. How do I go about getting evidence that mine should be re-assessed. Also mine is a rental and has never been sold.…
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Rebanding deadline
After watching the last episode of MSE tonight and receiving our new council tax bill I thought I'd look into it again. We've lived here for 7 years and I heard that there was a deadline for contesting? However I've checked the gov website and the 3 bed terrace houses where I live are in Band C although ours in a semi and…
