HMRC
Dec 22nd 2015, 9:35 pm
#1
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 32
HMRC
Hello,
Hmrc have kindly issued me with a cheque for a tax refund, despite asking for it to be paid in electronically to my account.
They've wrote it to my maiden name, in GBPs, with my US address listed on the cheque.
Bank of America say they can't cash foreign cheques of under $200.
Should I post this to my sister, and see if she can pay it into my UK bank. Or battle with HMRC to pay electronically. Or is there anything else I can do?
Thanks, and happy holidays!
Hmrc have kindly issued me with a cheque for a tax refund, despite asking for it to be paid in electronically to my account.
They've wrote it to my maiden name, in GBPs, with my US address listed on the cheque.
Bank of America say they can't cash foreign cheques of under $200.
Should I post this to my sister, and see if she can pay it into my UK bank. Or battle with HMRC to pay electronically. Or is there anything else I can do?
Thanks, and happy holidays!
Dec 22nd 2015, 10:28 pm
#2
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,448
Re: HMRC
If it has your name on it, it can be deposited into your UK account, by your sister, or indeed anyone else. Or you could mail it directly. Only you could cash it.
Dec 23rd 2015, 12:20 am
#3
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 32
Re: HMRC
Thank you. And you may be able to help solve a mystery... I completed my p85, used an online calculator and it showed around £5k due back, happy days. Then £6k showed up in my bank account from HMRC, no letter, no explanation. Then they send me a cheque for £60, with a p800 explanation letter showing £60 owed. Any ideas what the dickens is going on? Worried the £6k was an error that will come back to bite me!
Dec 24th 2015, 5:20 am
#4
Senior Moment
Joined: Nov 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 5,008
Re: HMRC
Mail it back and ask to be paid in real Canadian currency like maple syrup and Barenaked Ladies CDs
