Wash your uniform at home ?

PaulTr_2

booksurr wrote: »

despite countless posts saying never use a middleman company she has now authorised them to act on her behalf as her "agent" and therefore HMRC have no liability to her at all as they have followed "her" instructions and sent the payment to UTR

her only recourse is to read the contract she signed with UTR and chase them for breach of contract. She can of course search the internet for a real physical address for the company but I'm sure you realise there is not much she can do to make them pay her other than take them to court for breach of contract
she must however write to HMRC and tell them that she is rescinding her previous authorisation of UTR as her agent, otherwise HMRC will continue to send any future rebate cheques to them

Thank you for your reply, unfortunately she had not made a claim for this in the past and was cajoled into joining her friend from work who assured her that: "It will be fine!" So she filled them in there and then not knowing that there were better ways of doing it or referring to this fine site for valuable advice.
I will tell her about your advice and get her to Phone HMRC as soon as possible to stop a repeat.
Thanks again, Paul

PaulTr_2

dori2o wrote: »

She doesn't need to write she can do that over the phone.

One thing to consider is whether the form she signed was just and authority to repay, or whether it was a deed of assignment.

A deed of assignment is a legally binding contract between you and the claims company. It means that you have assigned the rights to the repayment for 'x' number of years to that particular company.

A Deed of Assignment can only be cancelled if both the taxpayer and the Assignee (claims company) agree and it must be done in writing.

I would suggest that when she calls to have the Authority to deal wioth the claims company removed that she ask whether a Deed of Assignment is in place and if so which years that DoA refers to.

Deeds of Assignment have become much more common over the past few years as unscrupulous companies such as this one (and many others) look to guarantee an income for themselves at the taxpayers expense.

Thank you, I will tell her about this and get her to act right away. She has lost quite a lot of money using this company so it has been a harsh lesson to learn, but it has been learnt!
Many thanks, Paul

TM1976

PaulTr wrote: »

My Daughter in law was told by a colleague at work about a Company called: 'Uniform Tax Rebate' and she printed out the forms for them to fill out, the online calculator estimated her rebate to be £900.
The forms were sent and then, nothing. She waited the regulation 7weeks before contacting them, something that was very difficult to do, but she did get a reply telling her that the 'cheque is in the post'. another month and still nothing. Several emails sent before a: 'your cheque is in the post' which it wasn't. She contacted the real tax office and they told her that the cheque had been sent to 'Uniform Tax rebate' and that there was nothing they can do to help as she had signed up through 'UTR'.
We are at a loss to know what we can do about this, UTR can only be contacted by email, and they mostly either ignore those, or tell you the 'cheque is in the post' Is there anything we can do?
Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

It's currently taking HMRC just under 2 months to answer letters so any such refund is likely to have only just been issued, 7 weeks is probably just about long enough for this to happen. When a refund is issued HMRC will send you a postal confirmation. All of these types of refund are issued as a physical paper cheque and HMRC print them in house. It takes about 8 - 12 days for HMRC to print the cheque and for it to be delivered to the nominee. They will have to bank the cheque and agree it to your account before sending out another cheque. This process will add another 2 weeks before your cheque lands with you.

As such the most likely explanation is that the cheque is "in the post".

Does she have a copy of the confirmation from HMRC? What is the date on that confirmation? If it's within 4 weeks she probably just needs to wait bit longer.

If she didn't receive a postal confirmation you need to ask why that is. Has she changed postal address since she put the claim in or since she last informed HMRC of her address? This could mean her payment has been sent elsewhere.

In any event the company won't look into it until she has allowed sufficient time for the cheque to arrive. If she contacts HMRC they will also tell her when the cheque was cashed and who it was sent out to. HMRC have had a lot of problems of late with clerical errors and sending these cheques to the wrong nominees which may also be a reason she hasn't received it.

vouchercrazy

My oh works in Precision Engineering, in January 2014 I wrote to HMRC explaining he had to provide his own tools, saftey boots and wash his overalls several times a week, I provided HMRC invoices to prove he bought his own tools and boots and they refunded my oh £480.00 for the past 4 years and he now gets £260.00 a year through his tax code

A huge thank you to Martin, MSE team and everyone who posted

Ojivar1975

Sorry if this has already been asked but I can't find the information anywhere.

How much do I put down on the claim form when it asks "Expenses Claimed"? I am only claiming for having to wash my own uniform.

Many thanks

booksurr

Ojivar1975 wrote: »

Sorry if this has already been asked but I can't find the information anywhere.

:idea: read the link in the first post!

Ojivar1975

I did read that but don't quite understand it, I worked in retail, none of the industries listed on the left of that link.

I am assuming it is £60?

booksurr

Ojivar1975 wrote: »

I did read that but don't quite understand it, I worked in retail, none of the industries listed on the left of that link.

I am assuming it is £60?

OK so you failed to notice there are TWO things to read in the fist post - was this not a big clue:
Read the fully researched Uniform Tax Rebate guide

Had you done so, you would have found this: How much could I get?

hence this thread has over 2,000 posts in it as the same things get repeated time after time

Ojivar1975

Ok I appreciate I may have missed it, reading it states:

"The amount you're able to claim tax relief on depends on your industry. The standard flat rate expense allowance (FREA) for uniform maintenance is £60 (for 2015/16) – so basic-rate taxpayers can claim £12 back (20% of £60), and higher-rate payers £24 (40% of £60). The £60 is a flat rate, so you don't need to record and report the individual amounts you spend."

So the answer for what to fill in the form is £12, or £60, or £24.......So my question was what do I fill in on the form? I can assume it's not the £24 as I was not on a higher-rate tax but do I put £60 or £12?

And if it is £12 people are getting back why does the article go on to talk about people getting over £200 back??

As for this thread you have rightly pointed out there are over 2000 posts, I came to this thread to find the answer to my question and couldn't. If it has been answered hundreds of times then I apologise for not being able to find it.

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Regardless of your tax rate, the amount that you would be entering is £60.

Many are entitled to claim a lot more but for items other than washing one's uniform - see post 2087.