Double Taxation Claim Form

kazzamunga

Hi guys, just wondering if there's anyone here who is self-employed in the UK and has had to send a claim form to HMRC to be signed and stamped, after work undertaken for an organisation based in an other country (in this case Greece). My question is, as I can't walk into my local tax office to get it stamped, does anyone have any idea how long it'll take to hear back from them? I sent an SAE and everything - I finished the work six weeks ago and had been told I'd be paid by the end of the month, and then they threw this at me. Am I looking at weeks, months to hear back? Maybe HMRC will surprise me...

Mands

kazzamunga said:

Hi guys, just wondering if there's anyone here who is self-employed in the UK and has had to send a claim form to HMRC to be signed and stamped, after work undertaken for an organisation based in an other country (in this case Greece). My question is, as I can't walk into my local tax office to get it stamped, does anyone have any idea how long it'll take to hear back from them? I sent an SAE and everything - I finished the work six weeks ago and had been told I'd be paid by the end of the month, and then they threw this at me. Am I looking at weeks, months to hear back? Maybe HMRC will surprise me...

My understanding is that double taxation forms are submitted to HMRC by the tax office of the other country.  If that is still the case HMRC will need to return your form to Greece to have it countersigned and have it returned to them to be processed.

My experience, in Cyprus and several years ago, took 8 months the first time and 3 the second.

HTH,
Mands

MDMD

kazzamunga said:

Hi guys, just wondering if there's anyone here who is self-employed in the UK and has had to send a claim form to HMRC to be signed and stamped, after work undertaken for an organisation based in an other country (in this case Greece). My question is, as I can't walk into my local tax office to get it stamped, does anyone have any idea how long it'll take to hear back from them? I sent an SAE and everything - I finished the work six weeks ago and had been told I'd be paid by the end of the month, and then they threw this at me. Am I looking at weeks, months to hear back? Maybe HMRC will surprise me...

There is no such thing as a “local tax office” - the enquiry centres basically will forward anything that needs action into a central location for processing.

All you can do is wait for them to reply, the page on gov.uk doesn’t give any timescales
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-a-certificate-of-residence

kazzamunga

I mean, there definitely did used to be a local tax office, didn't there? My dad was self employed when I was a kid and we often went there. It was a couple of miles from where we lived. I'm not sure why anyone would think that a centralised system with no deadlines would be more efficient than someone just stamping and signing something while you wait - like when you need the Post Office to sign something officially. Seems pretty simple.

I did this work in May, submitted it at the start of June, and received a request to get this form signed about 4 days ago. It's a bit upsetting to find that the answer to the question of when I'll be paid for the work that I completed on time 7 weeks ago is essentially 'how long is a piece of string' .

kazzamunga

Surely a simpler alternative is to get paid the majority of what you earnt and then apply to get the extra tax back! Rather than getting paid nothing at all!!