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Closing UC claim when leaving UK
grand78
Posts: 4 Newbie
Hello guys,
I need an explanation, how the procedure looks like when I want to close the claim for UC due to leaving UK permanently. I am receiving that monthly with £125 deductions due to advanced payment app. Should finish in January/February. I am leaving in January. Will I get any final payment before I leave? Can they deduct any money that I owe to them from final payment? Anyone can explain the procedure?
Thanks a lot in advance!
I need an explanation, how the procedure looks like when I want to close the claim for UC due to leaving UK permanently. I am receiving that monthly with £125 deductions due to advanced payment app. Should finish in January/February. I am leaving in January. Will I get any final payment before I leave? Can they deduct any money that I owe to them from final payment? Anyone can explain the procedure?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Inform them the day before you leave to ensure you get payment up to the final entitlement date. Standard payment used to take 3 working days from the date the claim was closed so if you do inform them the day before you leave the money will not be in the bank until a couple of days later. I can answer the part about potential deduction money owing to DWP.0
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My payment comes on 8th of each month.
I want to make sure that all will be sorted and no more money owed.
Anyone can answer the rest of thread?
Also anyone knows if I am getting tax return when leaving UK only the overpaid one? Or all amounts paid for last 5 years?0 -
My understanding is that you will not be due anything for the assessment period in which you leave because the circumstances at the end of the assessment period are applied to the whole assessment period.
If you are paid on the 8th I infer that your assessment period is from 2nd of the month to the 1st of the month. So if you leave on the 31st December you will get nothing for December. If you leave on the 2nd January you will get the payment on 8th January which covers the December period. Any leaving date within January beyond 2nd January will not result in any extra payment.
Apologies but I don't understand your tax question.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
I’ve heard that when I’m leaving UK permanently, I’m entitled to get all tax back which has been paid in last 5 years. Is that true? Or I’m able to get back only that what has been overpaid and not claimed before?0
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I’ve never heard that and it seems rather unlikely but it’s not my area of knowledge.I’ve heard that when I’m leaving UK permanently, I’m entitled to get all tax back which has been paid in last 5 years. Is that true?
You are of course due a refund of any tax overpaid. You will be allowed your full income tax allowance for the current year even though you are leaving part way through the year.Or I’m able to get back only that what has been overpaid and not claimed before?
There is some tax guidance here. https://www.gov.uk/tax-right-retire-abroad-return-to-ukInformation I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
Thank you mate.
Does anyone else can answer my questions?0 -
I’ve heard that when I’m leaving UK permanently, I’m entitled to get all tax back which has been paid in last 5 years. Is that true? Or I’m able to get back only that what has been overpaid and not claimed before?
No you will not get all of the Tax you've paid over the last 5 years back only if it has been deemed that you have overpaid.
You can have a look at https://www.gov.uk/claim-tax-refund and log in to see if there is any possible overpaymentsThanks to money saving tips and debt repayments/becoming debt free I have been able to work and travel for the last 4 years visiting 12 countries and working within 3 of them. Currently living and working in Canada :beer: :dance:0
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