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severe36

Had or interview today.

I put £250 for household[high I know]
she would only let me have £163.

was hoping to meet in middle,but she said she had to go by the guidelines.
[single person]

is it worth appealing?

also,how long til the nil tax code?

MissMuppet

Blimey, maybe they'll reduce mine as well then... although I have a pet if that's included!

severe36

..anyone??

fermi

The guidance the OR has regarding average expenditure varies by both your family circumstances and where you live (based on national statistics), which is why there is a great variation in what people are allowed.

£163 does seems very miserly however. If you are not happy with that figure/assessment then you could try to get it referred to your examiner's manager. Not every junior examiner interprets the guidelines correctly (we have seen a few shocking errors). As always if you don't ask, you don't get.

The NT tax code and collection of the payments requires both HMRC and the OR/Trustee/CW to act. Sometimes this is done quickly, but for some people it can take quite a while. If the NT code is applied before you are given details of who/how to pay, then just put the money that would have been paid in tax to one side and contact your OR to ask about payment.

severe36

have you got the link to the guidelines?

she said if I wanted to appeal...put in writing to her manager.

fermi

severe36 wrote: »

have you got the link to the guidelines?

she said if I wanted to appeal...put in writing to her manager.

The OR's guidelines here refer to the "Family Expenditure Survey" which would appear to be this:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_social/Family_Spending_2005-06/Familyspending2005-06.pdf

Good luck though as it is horrendously complicated and detailed.

In fact, I think the OR's now use an alternate or condensed set of figures (can't remember what it is called ), but I have no direct reference to those. I think they like to keep them under wraps.:rolleyes:

If you feel that the figure they have used is unreasonable considering your circumstances then, yes, appeal if it is likely to be a problem managing.