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Taxman owes me money but wont pay?

The Taxman owes me some money but wont pay it and is taking forever to reply to my letters.

I returned my mileage claims for the past 4 years and the taxman owes me approx £4000 but keeps pushing back asking pointless relentless questions. Doers anyone know if i can charge teh taxman for retaining my monies please?

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  • joeblack066
    joeblack066 Posts: 1,757 Forumite
    When you say mileage claims what do you mean?
    You can offset your business mileage against your taxes at a rate of £0.40 per mile for the first 10,000 miles, £0.25 pence per mile thereafter, but you can't 'claim' it from HMRC.
    Can you clarify?
  • Altarf
    Altarf Posts: 2,916 Forumite
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    £4,000 over 4 years. Either you do a huge business mileage with your employer paying virtually nothing, or you misunderstand how the calculation works. Irrespective, I can see why HMRC may be asking questions before they pay out £4K.
  • Tarasam
    Tarasam Posts: 508 Forumite
    You do know that you only get the tax relief NOT the difference??
  • suso
    suso Posts: 548 Forumite
    grap wrote: »
    The Taxman owes me some money but wont pay it and is taking forever to reply to my letters.

    I returned my mileage claims for the past 4 years and the taxman owes me approx £4000 but keeps pushing back asking pointless relentless questions. Doers anyone know if i can charge teh taxman for retaining my monies please?

    For you to be expecting back approx £1000.00 per year, this would mean you are doing a LOT of mileage, expect to be issued with Self Assessment tax returns for forthcoming years, as you will be claiming expenses over the SA threshhold

    When did you send in the claims ?
    He's not an accountant - he's a charlatan
  • dori2o
    dori2o Posts: 8,150 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    grap wrote: »
    The Taxman owes me some money but wont pay it and is taking forever to reply to my letters.

    I returned my mileage claims for the past 4 years and the taxman owes me approx £4000 but keeps pushing back asking pointless relentless questions. Doers anyone know if i can charge teh taxman for retaining my monies please?
    To answer your question..... NO!!!!
    [SIZE=-1]To equate judgement and wisdom with occupation is at best . . . insulting.
    [/SIZE]
  • grap wrote: »
    asking pointless relentless questions.
    Like what?
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