Tax rebate SUCCESSES

NathanielB

I got a tax rebate for £220 something the other day, and I didnt even have to do anything for it!

Is it still worth me checking the tax form thingy on here to see if Im owed any more or will that be me all sorted?

toon_army9

I looked up my tax code which was 474k. this meant I paid tax on my full wage AND an extra £4740!

I work for a large gas company and assumed they would report my circumstances correctly to the IR but not so.

I queried it and within a week I had a cheque for just over £1600 through the door, I paid no tax the following month and my new tax code is 272L.

In total I got back just over 2 grand (they had mistakenly trebled my company cars taxable benefits quota, which I had been over paying for more than a year!)
:T

ourdaddycool

I, like a lot of people, was under the impression that the Inland Revenue held records for 6 years. On a claim i made i just missed out on a year, as i was informed they only keep records for 5 years and 10 months. People need to be aware of this. Will let yiou know later how much i got back

dori2o

ourdaddycool wrote: »

I, like a lot of people, was under the impression that the Inland Revenue held records for 6 years. On a claim i made i just missed out on a year, as i was informed they only keep records for 5 years and 10 months. People need to be aware of this. Will let yiou know later how much i got back

The records are on the system for the full 6 years, i.e. the oldest year drops off on 6th April when the tax year starts a fresh. But it is the deadline for the claim which is currently 5 years 10 months.

HOWEVER, people need to be aware that the timescales are changing to 4 years following the end of the tax year in which the claim is due.

This change happens in 2012.

The deadline for all 2005/06 PAYE claims is 31/01/2012

The deadline for all 2006/07 PAYE claims is 31/03/2012

The deadline for all 2007/08 PAYE claims is 05/04/2012

and each year following is 4 years from the end of the tax year in which the claim is due.

This bring PAYE into line with Self Assessment claims for which the deadline is 4 years from the end of the tax year in which the claim is due.

lipsyloo

Towards the end of maternity leave, when I wasn't getting much I realised I was paying a lot of tax on a small amount of money, I'd never really paid any attention before that. I used the tax calculator and it turns out for the last 5 1/2 years at my job I had been paying tax as if I had 2 jobs! I filled in my forms and in a few weeks I got a rebate for over £5000! (about £5150 I think) How fantastic! I would never have saved that amount myself and it couldn't've come at a better time.

Chickenbush

I used the MSE tax code checker, which was very easy and clearly explained, and managed to get a rebate of nearly £400 for a two year period

lennyp

I have used the online self-assessment website for the last 5 years, mostly without a hitch. Doing so results in an immediate verification of tax outstanding/overpaid, and soon there after a new tax code is issued. Has anyone found that they still owe/are owed using the self-assessment approach?

bunny-bandit

I checked my code and found it was wrong, had been on the wrong code since starting a new job in August 2008. They thought I was claiming my pension instead I had only just started paying into it so I was on basic rate. I got a total rebate for the 31 months I had over paid of £3,464.86 :j

purple_eyez_2

As advised i contacted the HMRC, they informed me that i am currently on the wrong tax code so they put me on the right on, i mentioned my previous years i felt i had over paid and i was told that they had sent me two cheques out in previous years when i had over paid which i never recieved!!!! The lady on the phone said this would be investigated and i would need to put it in writting to them. I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this??

System

purple_eyez wrote: »

As advised i contacted the HMRC, they informed me that i am currently on the wrong tax code so they put me on the right on, i mentioned my previous years i felt i had over paid and i was told that they had sent me two cheques out in previous years when i had over paid which i never recieved!!!! The lady on the phone said this would be investigated and i would need to put it in writting to them. I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this??

If you have moved home without informing HMRC of your change of address, then those cheques could have been sent to a previous address.

Make sure that your letter to HMRC asks them to check your tax records for previous years, re-issue any cheques sent that have never been cashed and update your address details if appropriate.