Tax Rebate

starrysupreme

I have recently moved house and picked up post from my old house and found I had a letter from HRMC with a tax rebate to be issued. The letter was dated 12th Dec and up until now I haven't receieved a cheque so I rang them up and said the cheque was issued on Dec 13th its now 5th Jan and I still haven't receieved anything.

Should I just wait for it to come through even though its been over 3 weeks or ask for the cheque to be cancelled and resent and wait 6 weeks?

Many thanks

LMCD

is the old house empty? I got letter one day and the rebate the next week... prob best to phone them to what their procedure is on the this..

starrysupreme

Yeah its been empty just don't want to ring up and cancel the cheque and have it arrive the next day, just be my luck lol. Thanks for replying.

KiKi

Sounds like you've not had much experience with HMRC...! Three weeks in HMRC land is absolutely nothing - nothing at all! Even after cheques are issued, they can take absolutely weeks to go through their processing channels and to arrive on your doorstep. I think I waited 3 months after my cheque was approved!

Plus, Christmas post...

If you're not going back to the house continually to check, then I'd ask for it to be re-sent. But if you're happy dropping in for more weeks then you might as well wait. But it could be a fair few weeks.

KiKi

brightonman123

if youve been on JSA, and just got back into work, they should have your bank dets for a BACS payment..

cheques are so old hat, even for the HMRC!