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URGENT retired over 20 years, suddenly receive tax demand

mally7uk · 2014-09-21 18:52:27

If anyone can help this is rather urgent. My father in law is 88 years old. He retired over 20 years ago. He now has a small personal pension and state pension. He just received a letter from HMRC out of the blue demanding he pay back nearly £200 of tax that they claim he owes from when he was in full time employment. This…

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Armorica Posts: 871 Forumite

22 September 2014 at 12:18AM

Rude assumptions HMRC thought about it...

Ring up HMRC as Soot says, via a number on the website and check whether it's a mistake or not.

If you post where the payment is meant to be paid to (phone number, sort-code, account number?) someone might be able to confirm whether the details are genuine.

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