Apply for Your Refund Now!

If you worked in the UK at any time during the 2005/2006 tax year, you should apply for your refund as soon as possible. The UK tax office has recently shorted the reclaim period from 6 to 4 years. The new time period will begin in April 2012, allowing a short grace period for claims from 2005/2006. Read the full story

With the paper filing deadline recently passed, and the online filing deadline of 31 January looming, here are 4 good reasons to ensure you file on time this year. Read the full story

We have heard from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this week that it is preparing to send out tax rebates totalling £2.5 billion between now and the end of next year, as it clears its backlog of pay as you earn (PAYE) open cases for the tax years 2003 to 2008.

You may be very surprised to learn that there are many more tax rebates also sitting at HMRC waiting to be claimed. Read the full story

Take our Refund Potential Quiz to see if there is a nice sum of money waiting to be claimed by you!

Answer the following questions – yes or no.

1. Have you worked in the UK in the past 5 years?
2. Have you paid Emergency Tax in the UK in the last 5 years?
3. Have you left the UK before the end of a tax year (6 April to 5 May)?
4. While working in the UK, did you have more than 1 Employer in a tax year?
5. Have you at any point only worked for part of a tax year?
6. Have you been on an incorrect tax code at any point in the last 5 years?
7. Have you at any time had two or more jobs in the UK concurrently?

If you answered yes to 2 or more of the above questions, there’s a good chance you are due a refund!

Call a 1^st Contact Tax Refund Consultant on 0808 141 5503 and make sure you have the following in order:

• Exact information of the companies you have worked for in the previous 5 tax years.
• P60s and P45s from these jobs. (If you don’t have these forms from your previous employers, a 1^st Contact Tax Refund consultant can help by applying for them on your behalf. Alternatively get a Statement of Earnings from the HR Department of the companies you worked for.)
• Your National Insurance Number. (If you don’t have one, you will have to apply for and receive your NI number before you can claim back your overpaid tax, but not to worry – a 1st Contact Consultant can help you with that too.)

We’ll fill out all the necessary documentation over the phone, submit your claim to HMCR and then keep you up to date with your claim process.

Remember that even with our efficient service and direct line to HMCR, it can take a few weeks before you receive your money. So why wait? Apply now and you could have an early Christmas!

Call 0808 141 5503 to speak to a qualified Tax Refund Consultant or visit http://www.1stcontact-taxrefunds.com/ for more information.

Around half a million taxpayers did not receive their Self Assessment Tax Forms in time to submit and pay by the 31st of July this year.  HMRC on their website said that “no one needs to worry about this” and apologised for the delay, presumably caused because the Revenue ran out of paper. Read the full story

You’ll need one to claim your tax back.

It’s the end of the tax season and now is a good time to apply to claim back any tax you may have overpaid in the last tax year, as well as the past 4 years, if you haven’t claimed previously. Read the full story

With the end of the financial year looming, fraudsters, phishers and con artists are once again hard at work trying to take your money! Read the full story

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. Read the full story

“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. Read the full story

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. Read the full story