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Underpaid tax
I am not very happy this morning as I got a letter from Inland Revenue telling me I have underpaid my tax, not a vast sum at £78 but still annoying. Especially as when I claimed my state pension this year for the first time, I explained that I have a teacher's pension and did I need to notify anyone. I was assured that it…
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Power of attorney - Create LPA online!
Hunting around for something else, I found this!
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Help LPOA
I have a Lasting power of attorney for my MIL who is in a care home , I have since moved , does it matter that my old address is on it or do I have to get it changed .Please does anyone know , as I did it through a solicitor and it was very expensive.
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Brighouse Third Age Group Registration Day
Registration day is on Monday 16th September 2013, 10am to 1.00pm Classes will commence on the following Monday the 23rd of September 2013. Click here for more information. Fortyfoot
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Using Deed of Variation to add flexibility to will - any problems please?
I am rewriting my will and am thinking of giving everything to a few named people whom I trust, requesting them (but not obliging them) to modify the will, taking account of my further detailed wishes which will be put in accompanying letter(s) which however will not be part of the will, and encouraging them to modify my…
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I'm a bit annoyed.
I am a professional house/petsitter. I have been doing this for just over a year. Today I thought it was time to register with HMRC as I will need to send in a self-assessment tax form for 2012-13. I rang them up and duly registered as self-employed. I do not have to pay NI as I am over retirement age. I also will not have…
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Protective Property Trusts, I Think ?
Hi I have probably posted this in the wrong place but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. My 83 yr old mother owns a lease hold property, which she bought with the proceeds of the house she bought with my father, after he died, but they had been divorced for a number of years beforehand. She's looking…
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DIY transfer of equity after mum's death. Land registry advice required
Hi to all but especially to the resident Land Registry offical member:). I am the sole executor of my mum's will and everything is split between myself and my sister ( both over 18!!). My sister has agreed to buy out my half share in mum's freehold and registered house. My question relates to the land reg transfer of…
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savings account interest during probate process
Dad died earlier this year. Most of his estate was in Fixed Savings Bonds. All his accounts have been frozen during the probate process. Can anyone tell me if the money in these accounts continues to earn interest until I have the Grant of Representation and withdraw or decide what to do with the money? (I am sole executor)
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Transfer of house deeds after parents died
My father died in 2011. He did not have a will and we did not obtain probate as everything passed over to his wife. Earlier this year his wife - my mum - died. They are survived by myself and my sister, and mum left us everything in her will. We have obtained probate and there is no inheritance tax to pay as we used dad's…
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Cheapest way to post parcels?
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Simon Cowell
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senior railcard
senior railcards are going up on the 5th August I have just renewed mine at central library still at £20 but going up to £22.
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How do I plan or arrange my disposal when I dont want a funeral/service or anything?
I have been thinking and realise I do not want any kind of funeral. I dont want a service or anything and I don't know how to start to go about preparing for this to save any hassle when I'm gone. I just want to go and thats it. I know my body will have to be disposed of but I dont know what options there would be without…
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Economics of Retiring
Starting to think about how people manage their finances, life, family commitments and extra leisure time once retired and whether or not we're properly positioned money wise, leisure wise, shifting into a different mindset 'wise'.... Hmmm, how did you prepare for a 'downshift', in money and an 'upshift', in time ? Did you…
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Enduring Power of Attorney and Cash ISA
I have just been granted EPA for my father as unfortunately he is now in a nursing home. He has a Halifax cash ISA which is earning next to nothing in interest and therefore needs moving to a different provider. The amount in the account is about 4,000 so I plan to register the EPA with Halifax, close the account and then…
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Urgent help pls. How can elderly housebound man withdraw cash from bank?
I know that title sounds peculiar but I wanted to try to explain my problem in the Title. A very close elderly friend of mine has quickly become housebound and is now running out of ready cash. I managed to set up direct debits for all his usual monthly outgoing bills by phoning the companies concerned from his house and…
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How to use enduring power of attorney??
My mum and I completed an enduring power of attorney form some years ago, before the lasting power of attorney came into being. She is now 90 and wants me to manage her finances. How do I use the p of a?? I don't think I need to register it with the Court of Protection or any one else from the Gov as she is still mentally…
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Paying for care home
Not sure if this is the right board to post this in but here goes. I am posting on behalf of my mother in law. Her father has been in a residential care home for a few years, he owned property that was sold, he also had savings and the money from that and his pension was used to pay for the car home. Which is now running…
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Nursing home neglect
First of all, I don't know if this is in the right forum, but monkeyspanner has been so helpful in the past. My 84 year old Aunt suffered neglect in a nursing home, resulting in her breaking her leg, she then developed pneumonia and was in a critical condition. We made a complaint against the N/H to the local council who…
