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Marriage tax allowance

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My husband made a claim to hidenatax which I did not know about is this a legit company to deal with?.My husband is in hospital at the moment and he has received a final reminder to complete marriage tax allowance claim form for both of us To be completed by 23rd July! or fees of £300 will be collected ! As I have explained I knew nothing of the claim until today.I claimed online in April along with my husband through the government gateway .I have had no response  from tax place as I think we missed the deadline of April 5th.Should we complete the form?  what % will they deduct? Hope someone can help. 

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  • DE_612183
    DE_612183 Posts: 3,835 Forumite
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    edited 24 July at 12:26PM
    Sounds like you signed a contract ( yes they are a company - not sure you could call them ligit as they basically do what you could do yourself ).

    I think what they do is; whatever tax you save they take a %.

    I'd try and speak to them and see if you can get a copy of the contract you have signed and what the get out is.
  • LITRG
    LITRG Posts: 88 Organisation Representative
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    Apologies for coming to this late. Please find our guidance on tax refund companies here: https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-nic/how-tax-collected/tax-refunds/tax-refund-companies. In our experience, being sent an invoice like this for 'work done', where the legalities are not clear (let alone what if, any work, was actually done) are usually 'shake the tree' type exercises. 
    Official Company Representative
    I am an official representative of LITRG (Low Incomes Tax Reform Group) part of the Chartered Institute of Taxation who are an educational charity. We are not part of MSE or HMRC. MSE has given permission for me to post on the Forum but this does NOT imply any form of approval of my organisation or its products by MSE. We can’t give individual advice, but if you require further help, we recommend that you contact a tax adviser, HMRC or one of the tax charities where relevant. You can find more information about where to get help with tax here. If you believe I am posting inappropriately please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com This does NOT imply any form of approval of my company or its products by MSE"
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