The Postie handed me a bunch of letters. Nothing unusual in that.
You know when you can sense that a letter looks dubious. Well this one looked as though it was from the Inland Revenue (the UK's tax collectors). It was.
In the UK last year there was a problem because thousands of people received huge tax demands because the PAYE calculations had been erroneous (too complicated to explain in a blog). I know a number of people with demands for thousands of £s.
So when I opened the letter I was not happy to see the word 'error'.
I became happier, however, when I saw that they owed me money. Not a lot. £40.03 was the sum I think. At least I don't owe them anything.
So today I am very thankful that I don't have a tax payment hanging over me.
I don't often swear on other people's blogs but "You lucky bugger!"
ReplyDeleteWatch out it could be an error.
ReplyDeleteSince I wrote that a day or two ago the TV News has informed me that 6 million (sic) people in the UK on PAYE (Pay as you Earn) are due refunds averaging £400 and 1 million are going to get demands averaging £600. All this is going back 6 (I think) years. I'm not sure now whether I'm feeling quite so thankful. There could be a demand yet to come!
ReplyDeleteOh GB, how could you post about your tax rebate, talk about rubbing it in.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog though so consider yourself forgiven.
SP
Always easier to forgive and be thankful when you get money back rather than the other way round! ;) Not sure how much your system differs from ours. Somehow even when there is no mistake it still seems to be a bit of a lottery every year.
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