ask for it back ppl!!

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!

RayWolfe

For business? Of course. But for private individuals? No chance! Think your customer was pulling your leg.

dzug1

This has to be a windup - you claim to work in a bank, but didn't know you can ask for repayment of overpaid tax? Sheesh.

adambro

dzug1 wrote: »

This has to be a windup - you claim to work in a bank, but didn't know you can ask for repayment of overpaid tax? Sheesh.

Indeed. I paid in a cheque for £750 from HMRC yesterday.

Why has beebop23 posted this numerous times?

beebop23

by accident i was in wrong forum oops. and FYI i did know you can claim tax back if you have incorrect codes etc some people dont know this.
also this customer of mine may not be most realiable source of info but he seems to think he just called and asked for it back? maybe he did pay a wrong tax code at some point but im gonna try it and see.

Ps please do not underestimate my abilities a banking advisor!!

adambro

Well how else do you think you're going to get tax refunded? Only if you've overpaid! That can be for a variety of reasons. In my case it was due to working only part of two tax years but paying tax as if I'd be earning for the whole year.

For this tax year it was simply a case of phoning the relevant tax office, explaining that I expected to have over paid due to PAYE, and confirming what I had earned with what the had on record. A few weeks later and my cheque has arrived.

For the tax year previous it is slightly more complicated because I earned some money untaxed and so they sent me a form to fill in to confirm these details and I expect they'll send me another cheque shortly.

Clearly if your customer did manage to get a refund he wasn't paying the correct amount of tax.