With the end of the financial tax year just a few weeks away, 1^st contact would like to urge you to check if you are due a UK tax refund. The 1^st Contact Tax Refunds team is geared up and ready to deal with the numerous claim requests that start pouring in at this time of the year. Continue Reading

Claimers beware! There’s yet another Inland Revenue scam floating around the internet. The site claims to be the Inland Revenue in order to obtain people’s details.  Rather get in touch with 1st Contact Tax Refunds instead.

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A few months ago, 1st Contact launched a Facebook competition, and now Vicky Tomlinson has won her refund of £198 in cash! Continue Reading

If you’re an independent contractor in the UK – whether seasoned or new to the game – you might find the thought of self promotion or marketing a little daunting. It needn’t be! Here are 5 fairly simple ways to promote yourself and your business. Each requires a fair amount of input on your part, but the payoff in each instance far outweighs the work. You may even have mastered a few of these steps already. Continue Reading

National Freelancers Day will be a day when PCG members and the wider freelance community take time out to reflect on the growth of the freelance sector across the UK and its contribution to the economic well-being of the nation. Continue Reading

In the March 2010 budget, the government issued a press release entitled ‘Protecting Tax Revenues’, which announced plans to attack offshore schemes and benefit trusts which exploit tax loopholes. Continue Reading

In the wake of the recent HMRC tax blunder, HMRC are warning people living in the UK about the threat of online scammers.

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Over the last few years the use of Umbrella Companies has become more popular within the contracting market. Continue Reading

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Budget to Parliament on the 22nd of June 2010 – a budget which brought spending cuts and tax rises, which according to the Chancellor are necessary in order to deal with the “economic inheritance” the new government faces and help to speed up economic recovery for the UK. Continue Reading

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High earners are the most affected by this week’s budget speech, with the announcement of the removal of the tax free threshold for individuals earning over £100,000. Continue Reading

HMRC have just released the new personal allowance amounts for 2010/2011. The tax bands for year ending April 2011 remain the same as the 2009/2010 bands, with the exception of a new band for an income higher than £150,000, which will attract a rate of 50%. Continue Reading

“Don’t miss out on money due to you because you’re not sure if you’re eligible for a refund or not” says John Dunn, Tax refunds Manager at 1^st Contact. According to Dunn, 1 in 3 people are due a tax refund, but many don’t bother to go through the motions to receive their money. Continue Reading

The deadline to apply for the NI (National Insurance) Rebate is the 5th April 2010 so don’t miss out on this opportunity to take control of your finances.

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Expert Tax, Migration and Financial Services group 1^st Contact claims that most individuals in the UK are not aware that they are eligible for a Tax Refund. As such 1^st Contact has offered 3 key tips that are set to enable individuals to claim the maximum amount of tax back in a minimal amount of time:
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The HMRC’s admission to over calculating taxes has resulted in tax rebates being due to thousands of UK tax payers.

You may be set for a tax refund, without even knowing it. According the Chartered Institute of Taxation, HM Revenue & Customs has sent the wrong tax codes to a number of people throughout the UK due to a fault within their IT systems. Continue Reading

According to various news reports, it is alleged that various UK based Tax refunds agents are engaging in exploitative practices in the form of excessive commission charges on tax refunds claims managed for their customers. Numerous UK firms have been identified for taking anything between 19% and 40% of tax payer’s refunds.One of the most experienced and established Continue Reading

Many people are unaware that you can claim back National Insurance Contributions while working in the UK. This is different from a tax rebate which you can only do when arriving and leaving the UK. An NI (National Insurance) Rebate can be claimed at anytime and only needs to be done once (from thereon it is automatically done for you each year). Continue Reading

Expert tax and financial services group 1st Contact, urges individuals to not be fooled by continual e-mail scams orchestrated by fraudsters. The scam e-mails are designed to create the impression that they have been sent by the Inland Revenue. Continue Reading

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1st Contact warns individuals of the current system upgrades, currently taking place at the In Land Revenue, which are set to put a slight delay on various tax refund claim submissions. The Inland Revenue’s Pay As You Earn” systems are currently undergoing a revamp, which are due for completion in mid July. 1st Contact would like to confirm that this process will only affect PAYE and not Self Assessment cases. Continue Reading