DD2 has had a few fraught weeks, she's been going round in circles trying to sort out an incorrect tax code. For some reason it was decided that she was earning in excess of £50k a year.
It's taken six weeks and eleventy billion phone calls.
During which time she has been left extremely short of funds. We have helped out but God knows how she'd have managed otherwise.
Yesterday it was finally all sorted, she can breathe again l"!
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
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This makes my blood boil. Her and your stress levels. If they dont get you one way they get you another.
It's been difficult as she was reluctant to take money from us in case she couldn't pay it back.
I contacted HMRC by chat box online and got a written answer that I immediately printed out. So if the advice I've received is wrong I have proof. They are do quick to take money but slow to hand it back.
I was finally persuaded two years ago to get an accountant to deal with my tax affairs. Since then she has sorted things out easily and has saved me a lot of money - far more rhan her bill.
RE the Kindle ...try resetting
Sounds like our government website, we jst go around in circles, never getting any answer. They are too fast to take your money but take their own sweet time to pay any owing to the public.
All the tax rules are on line, it takes time but worth it in the end. My husband got a bill for £7000, I did the research he wrote the emails, we got a refund of £300. Don't accept they are right, don't accept the threats.
We have been paying over $500 a year to have an accountant do our taxes. Last year the local bank offered customers free access to a DIY tax service. Someone at the bank helped us through it so this year, even though the bank is no longer involved, we paid this DIY service and thought we'd be O.K. At one point it had us showing that we owed $141,000.00! We had to get help from customer service a few times but finally completed everything. Now we hope it went through O.K. They are due to take out what we owe next week, so we will be watching our account!
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