I love the Taxman
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Well they do make mistakes and so can you making payments in advance or after a self assessment submission.
Are you sure that wasn't you?
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Tax annoys me. Just started full time work after finishing Uni. Obviously I'm well under my personal allowance. Infact, so far under it I'm probaby only going to go over it by a grand by the end of the tax year. So I'll pay hardly any tax, right? About 200 quid?
Wrong. They'll tax me every month as if I'd earnt the same every month since the beginning of the tax year, and then I have to reclaim it back after the tax year.
Why?
Wrong. They'll tax me every month as if I'd earnt the same every month since the beginning of the tax year, and then I have to reclaim it back after the tax year.
Why?
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A dmpoole tax story -
Back in the mid 90's I received a letter from the Tax saying I had received money and not declared it and I basically went white.
A couple of hours later I rang them and a horrible woman verbally probed me about activities and I admitted to receiving money for my music but it was never enough to pay for my gear.
She said 'We will be the judge of that'
I went gray overnight because I have got a very long history of playing in bands and I didn't know what they had got on me.
I eventually had all my long hair off because it worried me that much I got psoriasis of the scalp.
Anyway, they helped me all the way with my tax returns and accepted what I had submitted but I wasn't happy paying the amount I owed which wasn't actually that much.
I sent the cheque and a few days later had a phone call saying I had omitted to tick a section and if I did I would get £1000 back
About a week later he rang again saying that I hadn't ticked another section and I would get £1200 back
Another week later he rang and said that I had been paying the wrong tax code at work for the last 8 years and to go and see the wages office - that was another £550 back
It is important to know that I had paid too much over the years and the money I had back was actually mine but it was a really nice surprise.
Back in the mid 90's I received a letter from the Tax saying I had received money and not declared it and I basically went white.
A couple of hours later I rang them and a horrible woman verbally probed me about activities and I admitted to receiving money for my music but it was never enough to pay for my gear.
She said 'We will be the judge of that'
I went gray overnight because I have got a very long history of playing in bands and I didn't know what they had got on me.
I eventually had all my long hair off because it worried me that much I got psoriasis of the scalp.
Anyway, they helped me all the way with my tax returns and accepted what I had submitted but I wasn't happy paying the amount I owed which wasn't actually that much.
I sent the cheque and a few days later had a phone call saying I had omitted to tick a section and if I did I would get £1000 back
About a week later he rang again saying that I hadn't ticked another section and I would get £1200 back
Another week later he rang and said that I had been paying the wrong tax code at work for the last 8 years and to go and see the wages office - that was another £550 back
It is important to know that I had paid too much over the years and the money I had back was actually mine but it was a really nice surprise.
[TW]Fox;15907710 said:
You must be on a Month 1 (M1) or Week 1 (W1) tax code, eg. '647L M1' on your payslip. Ask your payroll department or HMRC to change it so you get taxed on a cumulative basis rather than W1 or M1. Then you should get the refund through your next salary payment.
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I apologise but from some of the replies some didn't spot it so hopefully it may have saved somebody.
Every time I see something like this I do pass it on to my family and work colleagues and this is one I haven't seen before.
Being Nigerian you would think I'd seen all of them.
No that's because they've red the title quickly glanced at the letter to see the amount and carried on under the assumption you had requested the emai letc.
Not having it just randomly turn up in your in box.
[TW]Fox;15907870 said:
Yep, it might be worth speaking with your payroll department as well to make sure that's what they're doing now they have your P45.
What they should do is look at your total pay from your P45 and your new job, calculate the tax based on the total of both jobs and deduct tax you've already paid from both jobs. If that comes out as a minus figure they should add it to your pay, if it's positive they'll deduct it.
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Erm, if they know you're due a rebate, why would they ask you to submit a request online?
Tis worrying that some people didn't spot it!
Tis worrying that some people didn't spot it!
[TW]Fox;15907841 said:I think the government should run scams like this - its about time stupidity became a taxable commodity. It could help reduce taxes in other areas
They already do - it's called the National Lottery.