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Plevin claim
I’m looking for some advice please. A couple of years ago I used the claim guys to pursue miss sold PPI. Some were successful and some weren’t. Anyway, out of the blue last week, Santander which originally refused my claim, offered me a settlement as part of Plevin. Great! However, The Claims Guys are now saying that I owe…
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Stamp Duty Reclaiming
Stamp Duty Reclaiming This is an area not on your pages and I would like to highlight to Martin and others that people like my 86 year old mother are getting ripped off by the Tax Office. I believe she was wrongly deducted £10k in stamp duty and not told she could claim it back. She purchased a bungalow near me on 31st Oct…
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Council tax debt struggles soar after benefit change
"The number of people struggling to pay council tax in England soared last year, according to debt charity StepChange..." Read the full story: Council tax debt struggles soar after benefit change Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New…
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Lost account - solicitors
First post, be gentle!
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Is it cheaper to sell a house to a family member?
My son in the process of buying his first home and me and my husband (not his father) we have always talked about moving but never got around to it, has my son grew up in this house he is interested in his family home. The house is worth around £85000 and wondering if we would save money if we sold the house to my son for…
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Stamp duty
Me and my wife are buying a house for £115,500 I am a first time buyer but she is not, do you know how much the stamp duty would be for us or would we not have to pay it with the house being only 115, 500
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Reduce council tax for living on an unadopted road?
Hi all I suspect this is a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone has had any success getting a council tax discount as they live on an unadopted road? (I.e. the road isn't maintained by the council, there are no street lights, potholes aren't fixed, trees aren't maintained, rubbish isn't cleared etc. - the council do…
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Service charge
Hello, I became the owner of my apartment on December 6th 2018.When we started the purchase process the lawyers, that is, mine and that of the owner of the apartment contacted MRG to ask if there were any outstanding accounts. MRG replied that everything was in order, but now they are claiming all pending expenses of 2018…
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Solar panels
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with claims for solar panels? My parents and their neighbours have issues with pigeons nesting under the eaves as a result of the panels being fitted. The company have offered to install something to prevent them getting it, but at a charge of several hundred pounds. Has…
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Tesco wage reclaim
Has anyone seen this sponsored advert on Facebook? I used to work at Tesco and wondered what the deal was - is it a real thing? Or just another phishing scam? ***Edited to add: it suggests a discrepancy between store staff wages and distribution centre wages when they should have been aligned, rather than paying below min.…
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Mileage claim on Tax return
Hi, not sure if this is in the correct forum. I need to claim back mileage via text return but not sure where I need to enter it as I did 10000 miles for work and can only 11p a mile from my employer who also pays my an essential user allowance
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Working from home reclaim tax
Hi, I understand you can claim back up to £125 working from expenses due to covid, but what happens if you are under the tax threshold and don’t earn enough to pay tax, therefore tax relief is not applicable?? Seems to be low earners are disadvantaged here, would be interested to hear from people in the same boat as myself
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Experian CreditExpert reclaiming article
This discussion relates to the new... Reclaim Experian CreditExpert guide Please click reply to discuss, comment and report any successes and failures.
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Have to send a gadget to Netherlands for repair - how much will I have to pay in import taxes?
Hi, I have to send my osmo mobile 3 to Netherlands for a repair (within one year warranty so free repair) and the cost of the item was under £135 last year, but i'm confused as to what I may have to pay in import taxes when its returned to me? the HMRC isn't exactly clear to me.…
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Reclaiming reduction for Pension Credit
My late mother (this is my defense: a very private person, hard of hearing and 250 miles from me) Was in receipt of Guaranteed pension credit since 2013. She was 86 at the time, but never claimed an allowance for it from her local authority. I only found this going through her paperwork a few days ago. The authority is…
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1.3m Power of Attorney refunds of up to £54 STILL unclaimed as deadline nears - MSE News
Over three quarters of the refunds owed on Power of Attorney fees are yet to be claimed with just weeks to go until the deadline, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal... Read the full story: '1.3m Power of Attorney refunds of up to £54 STILL unclaimed as deadline nears' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t…
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Non credit checking services - trouble for the future?
I'm just trying to figure out whether I'm in a here today, gone tomorrow job, (was going to be in collections dept but got moved to "new agreements" as the more motivational way I would prefer to think of it, neither is one of those commissionable generated roles as it were) I enjoy speaking to a new range of society, am…
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Provident claim
Hello, I was told by someone that I could reclaim mislead charges from door step loans. Now I personally didn't agree to this loan way back in the early 2000's as my ex husband took this loan out in my name. But all these years on I am paying it back. Even though I never agreed to it they said still had to pay it back so…
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Community care worker mileage rebate
Hi guys, I need some advice. I work as a community care worker and my organisation give me 11p per mile in my wages but I've been told that the government have set the amount due at 45p per mile. Is it true that, if I can provide proof of the miles I have travelled, that I can claim the difference back from hmrc and if so…
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Has anyone successfully changed their council tax after the six month deadline ?
We brought a property in 2017 and found out last year that we are on the wrong banding and should be paying less . We phoned our local council and they said there was nothing we could do as we had not contacted them within the six months of moving in . Does anyone know anyway around this please ? We are paying several…
