Tax overpayment. Can i claim interest?

tankie

Tooday i recieved back from the tax office p800 informing me for 2008 -2009 i paid £917 to much. For 2009 - 2010 i paid £ 918 to much.

Can I claim interest for the £917 for 2 years and 1 year for the £918??

Seems only fair as they got it wrong. I don't earn much and this is a life saver for me at the moment.

thanks in advance.

MrsManda

You 'may' be able to claim some interest for any overpayment which was more than 12 months ago.
Though I think it may depend on what the reason for the overpayment was. Cannot at the moment find the details but will have another look in a bit.

There is a list of interest rates for the repayment of Income Tax on the HMRC website here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/interest-repayments.htm#itnic

so presumably you can claim the interest as well. It may actually already be included in the rebate

wearside_2

You can claim for anything but if you actually receive it is another matter:rotfl:

wearside_2

I am sure that HMRC will not even consider interest payments unless it is their fault. Worth asking though as I previously said!