Tax good news!!!

beebop23

Whilst at work this afternoon (in a bank!!)a customer came in moaning about charges but once he decided he wasnt going to do anything he went on to inform us tellers that you can contact your loacal tax office and reclaim tax overpayments!! I didnt believe him but he said he did it and got back over £1000 !!!!!! I was shocked to say the least but he says he pays his tax at the correct rates as far as he was concerned but hey up theres a nice wee refund for him. The fellar at the tax office told him dont ask dont get! lets all start asking we can only be told no!

Merlinexcalibur

Yes, but there again you can always get a tax refund if your tax code, say, is set to the zero. It's a long while since I had one of those, but I was able to apply quite easily, get it back. Nice little sum of around £800 overpaid tax at the time. Overpaid tax for around 4 months. I wasn't gonna argue was I? :D Because my then employer put me on emergency tax code even when they'd had receipt of a P45. Mistakes etc.

beebop23

well thats what i thought. but he insisted it was nothing to do with that. im gonna try it and see what happens.at the end of the day some people dont know they can do this so its good to inform them. ill let u know how it goes.

johnllew

Have you just come home from the pub?

beebop23

haha nope! i like to ponder and hope i can help some people! a girl i worked with didnt know she could reclaim tax so how many others r there? maybe im nuts but every little helps

johnllew

So precisely what and on what basis are you going to reclaim?

10past6

johnllew wrote: »

Have you just come home from the pub?

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beebop23

i think i may have paid too much tax? they can tell me yey or nae! i dont mind if they say no. i work hard i pay my tax but i refuse to pay too much which i may have doen going from one job to another while p45 etc where to-ing and fro-ing.

painted_lady

To be fair to the OP, I used to work 2 jobs and occasionally cover somewhere else, so had 3 P60s. I used to pay on PAYE and one year I sent copies of all 3 P60s to the local tax office with a cover letter containing the words "Please investigate my tax liability". A few weeks later I got a £500 cheque in the form of a rebate. I did this for 3 more years and ended up with £300 a year, then the 4th year, I had changed jobs and it turned out I owed them £300. I havent done it since. I am now working but also registered self employed with a part time business, so have an accountant do it all for me. Its always worth a go, especially if you have changed jobs or done more than one job in the tax year.
If I hadnt asked for this money, I would have never got it.

beebop23

i thought i was gonna get a public beating then! just kidding.