Scammed by Entitlements Agency
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I would define a scam as "taking advantage of the ignorant in society to obtain high fees for little work". Perhaps my preferred wording for that definition would be rip off ?
If it is obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception it is better described as fraud.
If it is taking a fee for no work it is simply theft.
What is your definition of scam ?0 -
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just to add, I've applied with this company too, awaiting correspondance for entitlements.
Reading through the posts, I've realised that,
www. taxrebate .co.uk
www. inland-revenue .org.uk &
www. taxcredits .org.uk
all have the same theme, company address etc
SOMETHING VERY FISHY ABOUT THEM!0 -
Here are some folks discussing the etymology of the expression scam.
Seems it is most likely an American import.
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1048
At least using the agency route enabled the government to get a £9 chunk of the tax refund, as in this "hypothetical" example posted by the OP:
If your rebate was say £300, The Entitlements Agency would keep £51 plus £8.93 in VAT, meaning you have lost a chunk of almost £60 from your rebate.
Mind you in my case of reclaiming about £500 of overpaid tax, it took three letters followed by a 24 hour attempt to get through to a so called help line on the shores of the Lake District [It was in reality a "triage" centre intended to sort the realistic claims from the people who did not understand the system followed by a 36 hour wait for someone to phone me back "tomorrow" followed by a reply to one of my three letters, about 6 weeks later telling me the situation appeared to have been sorted out. I don't think any claims agency would have made much of a profit from their £51-£85 fee in those circumstances.
Perhaps the explanation was that HMRC had recently got rid of their experienced staff and replaced them by a command and control computer system back in 2009/10 ?0 -
I too have been caught in this trap. I sent my details to them originally and had all my documents back saying they could not help me and to send the information to the tax office which I did. When the reply came back telling me I was entitled to a refund and that I would receive this through the entitlement agency (why I wonder could the Tax Office not send me my refund after the Agency stated they could not deal with this) I have not cashed the cheque yet as I am still waiting for more refunds for previous years I have tried phoning but as previously stated they do not answer the phones I have written a letter to them but with no reply. Do you think if I tell them I am going to the small claims court I will get some sort of satisfaction.0
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If you decide to change or get rid of your tax agent, it is your responsibility to write and tell HMRC, as you would inform HMRC if your postal address changed.0
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Should HMRC be advertising a private enterprise on their website. I clicked on a link onthe HMRC site entitled claim a tax rebate after being told by someone at HMRC that I had to make my claim online. This was the only link available. Who are their regulators.0
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Should HMRC be advertising a private enterprise on their website. I clicked on a link onthe HMRC site entitled claim a tax rebate after being told by someone at HMRC that I had to make my claim online. This was the only link available. Who are their regulators.
Strange! Can you post the URL of the HMRC site or a link?0 -
Should HMRC be advertising a private enterprise on their website. I clicked on a link on the HMRC site entitled claim a tax rebate after being told by someone at HMRC that I had to make my claim online. This was the only link available. Who are their regulators.
just put a space somewhere in the url, eg:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/refund-reclaim.htm
becomes
hmrc .gov .uk/incometax/refund0 -
5/11/2013
The Entitlements Agency Ltd is being investigated by the Claims Management Regulator under regulation 35 of The Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006.
https://www.claimsregulation.gov.uk/details.aspx/15808LegalBeagles0
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