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Clearing banks and MOD Payments
Hi All. How long should the transfer from JPAC to Santander take ? They told me all public fund transfers go through clearing banks but it’s been 10 working days now (including today) does the amount affect the time taken ? They’re obviously making interest off my money ! Santander keep giving me the brush off with…
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Stuck overseas and had a CCJ applied against me - No help form the court
Hello, looking for some help. (also posted in the credit ratings, but it is partly an armed forces issue) I'm in the Armed forces and have been deployed in the middle east since Feb 2020 which no chance to come back because of Covid19. I checked my credit score a few weeks ago, it's normally almost 999 but I saw it had…
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Reduced State Pension
I retired from the Army in 2014 after 35 years service. I have 40 years contributions to the state pension, but these years are reduced due to the fact I have an army pension. I was unaware about this until I asked for a state pension forecast. Having researched this, I understand the logic but wish someone had told me…
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Medical pension
Can I cash in my medical pension
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Forces help to buy help
Hi my boyfriend and I have reserved a house with the reservation deadline being 20th March. We have almost collected everything for our mortgage application. We will be using the forces help to buy towards our deposit.My boyfriend is currently away in Kenya until the 18th, back for a few days then is on another course for…
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Forces Help to Buy - HELP
Hello Can someone help me decipher Point D of this, we've done the calculations for sentence one and sentence two but unsure how these two numbers interact or what this means for our entitlement. We have barely any of the capital leftover from the sale so unsure how this will be taken into account. Thanks
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Forces Help to Buy
Hello Looking for some advice on FHTB. What is their means testing? We’re pretty reliant on getting the full 50% to go towards a deposit, but we have a gift/equity from another house for our deposit too. Wondering how that affects the loan amount. Thanks
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Veterans Railcard
It has been announced by the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps) that from November 2020, UK Armed Forces Veterans will be able to buy a 'Veterans Railcard' giving a third off most train fares. The new railcard for veterans will be available to buy from 11 November and will cost £21 for a limited period, before…
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Forces Help to Buy - Tax
Hi, I took advantage of the Forces Help to Buy loan 9 months ago, and am currently filling in a self assessment tax return. Question: should I be declaring the loan on the return for tax purposes, or is it taken through an adjusted tax code? Really appreciate any advice or experience with the same issue. Thanks.
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Paying uk tax whilst based in Cyprus
Hi all, I am a dependant and my partner is based in Cyprus. I have been offered a job overseas (not uk) working 3 weeks on 3 weeks off, I was wondering what the tax ramifications are being based in uk sovereign area in Cyprus? I will be getting paid into a UK account - am I classed as a UK resident? Anyone shed some light…
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Military pension and income tax double tax?
Looking for a bit of advise after a lightbulb moment a few weeks ago. Am I being overtaxed? I get a military pension of less than 10k a year and it is taxed at 20% BR. I also have a job where with a lot of overtime brings me a decent wage taxed as normal through the tax code. Deductions for the company van private use and…
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Backdated Army Pension Entitlement
Purely by chance I happened to see a post on another website that any ex military who got commissioned before completing 22 years as a soldier then resigned their commission before completing 5 further years may be entitled to an increase in military pension. I enquired with Veterans UK and have just been told that I will…
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Claiming VAT from a BFPO delivery.
Hello, Recently ordered an iPad Pro and accessories from JD Williams to a BFPO address in Brunei. They do not refund the VAT but have supplied me with a VAT Receipt, is there a way i can claim this back from HMRC?
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Widower's Military Pension
Hi All, I have been trying to help a widow whose husband passed away in 2018. Her husband had a military pension that passed to his wife. The widow had the option of £40 per month or to take the lump sum of £11k, she was advised that only being on a state pension would be except of any tax. However, when the payment was…
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Penpals
Hi all A few years ago I was a penpal to people in our armed forces and I’d love to do it again. does anyone know how to go about this? Be it websites or addresses. I’ve tried sites like forcespenpals but due to the current climate I honestly can’t even afford £5 per month to speak to people! Plus I would prefer a good old…
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PVR'd but was released on RAF Redundancy - Tranche 3
OK, this is going back a while. I PVRd in 2007 after being unsuccessful with the Royal Air Force Redundancy Scheme - Tranche 3 application. Going through my old Discharge paperwork I have found a form that states I was released under the Royal Air Force Redundancy - Tranche 3 conditions. The title paragraph 'Type of…
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Anyone on here worked on Seakings?
Not moneysaving but as it's an armed forces board I thought this may be the best place to post this story from the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6098759/Thousands-engineers-feared-inhaled-deadly-chemicals-working-Sea-King-helicopters.html?ito=facebook_share_fbia-middle Chances are you may be aware but…
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Claiming GYH
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