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Accountant refused to refund overpaid fees
Hope I can get some advice here. I started use my current (well , now previous) account in Dec 2016 and started paying their services by direct debit about £90 a month. My financial year ends on 31 July and they started preparing my 2018/19 accounts this Jan. They've been increasing their fees every year and I was paying…
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Coventry Building Society - inflexible on charges
Anyone else find the Coventry uncaring at this time? My daughter is furloughed and her pay is 20% down; my son in law has had his pay cut 25% . Their current mortgage is with the Coventry . They want to move house but Coventry's new rules say they have to put up 15% deposit (previous to Covid it was 10%) - how can you do…
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Exceptional Hardship Payments
Can someone please put me out of my misery and answer a simple question that nobody seems to know the answer to? I’m a 60 yr old widow - and have been registered as ‘severely disabled’ since 1997 when I was given a DLA Lifetime Award and my ESA was ‘topped up’ with the ‘severe disability premium’. So when it comes to…
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Solicitor has my money
After reclaiming PPI I was contacted by a firm who told me I could claim back tax that I had paid on my PPI claim pay out. Long story short, HMRC contacted me to say they owed me money, cheque went to solicitors, solicitors contacted me for bank details 27th May and said it would be in my bank within 7 - 14 days, still…
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Tax rebate
I have been over taxed by £850 last financial year. I still have not received my p800. How can I move this process along as the money would be really useful in this lockdown period.
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My landlord forged my signature!
Hello everyone, I would need your help about a problem that I have with the Council ( Council tax).If you could please give me some advice. Thank you. I moved to a property in 11.12.2018. When I moved in I registered with the council and I moved out in 19.11.2019. Now the problem starts. The council send me some bills for…
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bacs payment time
Hi, I was just wondering how long a bacs payment should take to go into your bank account? At the beginning of April I received a letter from HMRC saying I was due a tax rebate which was from a PPI claim. The cheque was being sent within 14 days to the solicitor who claimed back the money for me. On the 27th May I received…
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Static Caravan Rates
Could any one tell me if you have to pay the rates or reclaim part of them on your van if you cannot use it, I live 50 miles from my van which is in North Wale's we cannot cross the border so we can not use the van which has been closed down, we have only opened the van up this year on the first weekend it was then shut…
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Council charging twice for refuse collection. Are they allowed?
I live on an estate of flats in Lambeth and have found out that the council charge the company who own the freehold to collect refuse. Obviously this charge is paid for in the form of a service charge by the residents. So in affect we are charged twice by the council to collect refuse - once as council tax payers, and once…
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Help To Buy Extension
I have heard that the ‘Help to Buy’ scheme is being extended for a further 2 years due to Covid19. Does this mean help to buy repayments that are due this year have also been extended? Thanks, Abi
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council making me pay full rate of council tax when I am single!
Hi everyone. I am an MA student at UCLAN living with my parents nearby. My mortgaged house is in Devon currently sitting empty because largely of the pandemic and govt restrictions. I have received a council tax bill as the house is empty. But they won't apply single persons discount because they are stating it is a second…
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Council Tax Advice Needed Please
Hi all, apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place but I'm just looking for a bit of advice. My mum received a council tax reminder, stating if she doesn't pay within 7 days she will receive a summons. I pay all her bills for her as she is housebound. She pays the council tax in cash and I have the receipt for the…
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Council Tax Refund
I own a holiday home on a Holiday Park. I pay Band A Council tax on this house as I use the property for my own use Since the lock down I have been unable to occupy my property. Should I be discounted for the months I have not been able to occupy my Holiday home. Cornwall council are not offering me a refund which I think…
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Over charging mortgages
There are ads on Facebook regarding possible overpayment of mortgage if you had one between 2000-2012?....Is this legit? Is it like the mortgage PPI? Regards Morad
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Council Tax Refund
Hi all, this is just an update on a success story for myself in that I’ve just had my house council tax band changed from band E to band D. All it required was a simple email using the form on the website. However I would warning, this is not the right form for the purpose but in any event the government independent…
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Southern Housing Wiggle Out of Repair Costs
Please could someone give me some advice about reclaiming money I am owed from Southern Housing? Southern are the housing agency that own the block I live in. A month ago our toilet blocked due to the fact that the main plumbing stack of our shared block of flats was scaled. We found this out after first having to call a…
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Council tax on empty property!
My mother passed away from covid at the beginning of April. She paid her council tax by monthly direct debit, she was 95. We have just had a bill for this year addressed to myself and 3 sisters. We were under the impression that we had 6 months grace! Not sure now?
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Mortgage interest reclaim
I have a company claiming they can claim back over paid interest on my behalf, but for doing this, they are going to charge me 25-35% of the overall claim. Is this something that I can do myself by just filling in a form from the mortgage company?
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Reclaiming Stamp Duty Tax on Second Home
We have a second home which we bought in October 2018 and are currently renting it out. We are aware that if we make it our permanent residence within three years, so, October 2021 we will get the stamp duty back on it as a second home, is this correct? If so, once we sell our main property do we actually need to be…
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HOW MANY COUNCI's ARE OPERATING THIS CREATIVE ACCOUNTING COUNCIL TAX SCAM.
As the NONE RESIDENT of a Joint owned property ( Legal Classifications :- Joint Tenant or Tenants in Common) .On the death of the RESIDENT Joint owner the SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL's Revenues and Benefits despite the fact that they had issued the 25% Discounted Monthly NONE PAYMENT of Council Tax for the 1st Day of the Month…
