Letter regarding Marriage Allowance Tax Refund 19 October 2020 at 9:30AM in Reclaiming mortgage fees, council tax, etc 3 replies 97 views

Nickdrakebroxbourne

I've received a letter from a company called Rebate Gateway advising that I may be entitled to a rebate for unclaimed marriage allowance. Is this a legitimate company and letter? 

[Deleted User]

 No, thy want a fee to claim it for you when you can claim it yourself and not pay a fee 

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Nickdrakebroxbourne said:

I've received a letter from a company called Rebate Gateway advising that I may be entitled to a rebate for unclaimed marriage allowance. Is this a legitimate company and letter? 

Marriage allowance is perfectly legitimate, a guy at our office got a decent whack from a claim. You don't need a third party to do it for you and take a cut
https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2016/05/what-i-told-the-chancellor-he-should-do-to-improve-the-marriage-tax-allowance-take-up/

Dazed_and_C0nfused

_shel said:

 No, thy want a fee to claim it for you when you can claim it yourself and not pay a fee 

To be fair you cannot actually claim Marriage Allowance and get a refund yourself.  

It is the person agreeing to have a lower Personal Allowance who has to claim and they can never get a refund from applying, it is the recipient who gets the refund (assuming one is due).

The op needs to understand which is which and then the person who needs to apply can do that without any need to use a third party.