The tax man; did I tell you
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Raging Squirrel
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New bike time!
hopless500
Trundling along
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- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
^^^^^^ what he said!
djb1971
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- Far Far Away
Spend it!
Next year is a long way off.
I've just had my first ever rebate, bought a bike, paid for a holiday and still have £800 left
Next year is a long way off.
I've just had my first ever rebate, bought a bike, paid for a holiday and still have £800 left
Tanis8472
Guru
i should have one too. 
Raging Squirrel
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- North West
The amount of tax my dad pays is ridiculous.....he was paying more in tax than I was earning in a month......would be good if he got a rebate!
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
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- Northamptonshire
any rebate no matter how small or large is good news in my book
I once got a demand for £4.20. I knew it was wrong (far too small an amount) so called the tax office.
A few days later I got one for £950 or so. That was wrong also (in my favour). So I paid it................................ and heard no more.
15 years or more ago mind you.
A few days later I got one for £950 or so. That was wrong also (in my favour). So I paid it................................ and heard no more.
15 years or more ago mind you.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Why get so excited about a rebate? I'd be hacked off I'd overpaid in the first place.
What a bizarre attitude.
You must get mightily pissed off when you find a £1 coin behind the sofa!
Tanis8472
Guru
Mine is because i was made redundant in May and have a lower paid job with less hours so i dont pay tax now.
The rebate is for tax i had already paid up until May. Its averaged over the year innit
No, it's perfectly rational. HMRC only pay 0.5% interest, even when it is their fault, compared with the 3.0% you have to pay them; and like most of us, SpokeyDokey no doubt has better things to do with his money than lend it almost free to HMRC.
Well, logically, being pleased is the strange reaction. It's Status Quo Bias, innit eg Amazon says our order will arrive in six days but it gets here in four, we are delighted; Amazon says it it will arrive in two days but it takes four, we are upset.
Raging Squirrel
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- North West
I think the main attitude is that you dont really miss it out of your wages every week or month, so when you unexpectedly get told you're owed money back its like christmas
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Mine is because i was made redundant in May and have a lower paid job with less hours so i dont pay tax now.
The rebate is for tax i had already paid up until May. Its averaged over the year innit
'Tis so. I just have a problem with HMRC taxing on current earnings on the assumption that earnings will be at at least the same level for the rest of the year which, as in your case, is not always true.
