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Forum: USA
Dec 13th 2023, 3:48 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Re: Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

Good point on the likely processing times - I’ll mail it after the holidays once the post pipeline is a bit clearer, and expect it to be dealt with some time in the next 12 months.

Appreciate the...
Forum: USA
Dec 13th 2023, 1:14 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Re: Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

So it looks like I’ll be going the Form 2002 route after all.

I did a test pass through my usual software of FreeTaxUSA, and they don’t support the ability to take a foreign tax credit outside of...
Forum: USA
Nov 19th 2023, 12:37 am
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Re: Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

Rightio, I’ll apply for a UTR (that I didn’t know I needed - thanks!), report back in a couple of months how the foreign tax credit scenario looks on this payout, and then follow up with anything I...
Forum: USA
Nov 18th 2023, 7:45 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Re: Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

Thanks for such a thorough reply, and excellent useful information. Most importantly, I didn’t realize the foreign tax credit was calculated in that way; I’ve been thinking it’s a straight dollar for...
Forum: USA
Nov 17th 2023, 12:46 am
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Re: Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

Ah, I suspected that a UK refund might involve waiting 6 months. I think then that I’ll run the foreign tax credit scenario through the tax software, and see what it spits out.

Mobile check...
Forum: USA
Nov 16th 2023, 8:59 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,777
Posted By kodokan

Re: Barclays closing expat bank accounts

I have a First Direct account, and they’ve been absolutely fine about me living overseas in first Switzerland (2008-2011), and now the US. They’ve had my address all along. Years back I remember they...
Forum: USA
Nov 16th 2023, 5:19 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 4,276
Posted By kodokan

Best way to recoup tax withheld on UK pension lump sum

Last month I cashed out a small UK final salary pension; the fund was being closed by my ex-employer and handed off to an insurance company, and it made financial sense for me to take my cut under...
Forum: USA
Oct 10th 2023, 2:35 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,344
Posted By kodokan

Re: Renewing US passport - current times

Sorry, I wasn’t clear in my post - mine was a first time US passport, not a renewal. So I was especially pleased to get it processed more quickly than the times quoted, assuming there are extra...
Forum: USA
Oct 7th 2023, 10:57 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 877
Posted By kodokan

Re: enquiry about reporting UK bank interests to HMRC

I’ve kept a UK bank account open (with First Direct) for the last 15 or so years since leaving the UK, but it’s only a checking/ current account, which pays no interest. This seemed to be the...
Forum: USA
Sep 21st 2023, 6:46 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,344
Posted By kodokan

Re: Renewing US passport - current times

I did mine a few months ago, so not exactly current times, but the times are likely better now as the summer travel season is coming to an end.

I did the expedited service and paid for express...
Forum: USA
Sep 21st 2023, 6:23 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,118
Posted By kodokan

Re: UK people can donate blood now

Still in Ohio, yes. Graduated son, no… while he was taking a gap year during Covid to work full time instead, he met a girl, a co-worker at the grocery store. She was in an unstable, dysfunctional...
Forum: USA
Sep 15th 2023, 8:34 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,118
Posted By kodokan

UK people can donate blood now

This is somewhat old news, but a year or two back the FDA lifted the ban on blood donations from people who lived in the UK during Mad Cow Times.

I can today personally attest that yes, they will...
Forum: USA
Sep 10th 2021, 2:03 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,530
Posted By kodokan

Re: Current wait time for UK passport renewal

I sent mine FedEx, on their fully signed for service - worth the additional cost once a decade. Can’t remember the exact cost, but it was under $100 to send. Yes, that’s the usual UK passport renewal...
Forum: USA
Aug 19th 2021, 8:41 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,060
Posted By kodokan

Re: Life and critical illness cover with UK provider

Same experience here with Aviva. I have a life insurance policy with them from nearly 20 years ago, and a zombie Stakeholder pension. They had no problem with my moving first to Switzerland, and now...
Forum: USA
May 5th 2021, 1:09 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 4,530
Posted By kodokan

Re: Current wait time for UK passport renewal

I renewed mine last month; the new one arrived about 10 days later.

I had one of my kids take iPhone snaps of me against a pale grey wall for the photo. When I uploaded it, it was first rated as...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 22nd 2021, 11:27 pm
Replies: 482
Views: 40,171
Posted By kodokan

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

How nice of you to remember about him! No, he’s got about 18 months of credits to go, but is actually on a gap year right now. When his campus shut down last March, he of course moved back home and...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 22nd 2021, 3:00 pm
Replies: 482
Views: 40,171
Posted By kodokan

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

Moderna #1 in mid-March - spent a few frustrating days constantly checking for appointments when my over-50s category opened up in Ohio. Then I got lucky - the supermarket I work at had a spare dose...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Dec 23rd 2020, 9:25 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,734
Posted By kodokan

Re: 2020 and the joys of N400 waiting

Just checked after reading your update - I also have a letter mailed and on the way, with an interview date set for January 22nd.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 23rd 2020, 6:47 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,734
Posted By kodokan

Re: 2020 and the joys of N400 waiting

My adult son and I applied around the same time to squeak in before the price hike, and we also received the same letters last week. So it sounds like it’s a standard thing this year, to avoid...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 23rd 2020, 11:21 pm
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

I think that sort of hours finagling is typical of all supermarkets- except currently in the online order picking department I’m in! We’re very much the golden child right now, and probably for the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 23rd 2020, 8:31 pm
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

Oh no, often it’s a mess, especially in the non-grocery departments - produce, meat, dairy, etc. Most of the produce items say there are ‘999+’ of a thing almost all the time, but the produce team...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 22nd 2020, 9:14 am
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

Where I live it depends on the store. The shopping list is laid out by aisle for Kroger stores, but not for Meijer or Aldi. But even when aisle locations are given, they can sometimes be incorrect....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 21st 2020, 11:53 pm
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

Agreed - app jobs are perfect for people looking for flexibility, or like in your case a good temporary fix until you get yourselves relocated and are in a position to look for something more stable....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 21st 2020, 5:26 pm
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

The Fiji one - I did get something like a couple of the small 6-bottle packs he ordered, but the guy also wanted a mad quantity of large packs that is almost never available at a standard...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 21st 2020, 4:29 pm
Replies: 315
Views: 51,387
Posted By kodokan

Re: Gizza Job

I can well believe it. Most of my customers were somewhere between indifferent and wonderful, but I had a few that were ridiculously demanding and entitled. One guy absolutely lost his mind upon...
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