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I know a lot of you possibly do not pay Tax, but for those you who do I received the below email, i would imagine it is a scam so just to warn you to look out for it.

Tax Refund Notification‏
From:    HM Revenue & Customs (accesssecure@hmrc.gov.uk)
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Sent:   30 March 2010 09:21:56
To:   
 

Tax Refund Notification

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 988.50 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 2-3 days in order to process it.
Click Here to submit your tax refund request

Mmmm

There are loads of these that are fake but that email address is a real revenue one by the look of it.

I dont think they ever contact you like this through email though.

Easiest way to check is just ring the tax office with your NI number to hand they will tell you straight away.

I went onto the HM Gov site and forwarded it to them, thought it was best they was made aware of it incase no one else has told them it is going around. That should be enough shouldn't it?.

Do you submit your tax return online Mo?

If you do then it's possible that you've received a genuine email.

If not it's very doubtful. Anything tax related online is done through the government gateway which is a secure server. You have to have a password etc. to do anything on it.

i've had this email a few times, i don't pay tax

It's a fake - a phishing email (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing)

In your email client if you hover over the link it won't be to the official site.  Never click a link in an email to a bank or similar site.  Always go to the site and log in via the homepage.  You can even download software via your bank (Trusteer Rapport is one example) which tries to help prevent you getting caught by phishing sites/emails.

these are always phishing emails

you can tell by hovering over the links, you will see dodgy urls

HMRC never use terminology such as "fiscal" or GBP

they will ask for bank details or whatever and HRC will never ask for these, esp by email

I have submitted Darren's through once online, and gave my email, but i think this is a con tbh, i did click the link it took me to my online bank acc log in page, obv i didn't log in i clicked off the page straight away. Hope they wont be able to log into my bank.

you should scan for spyware and virus's now imo

Like a couple of the guys have said you should always hover over a link before you click it unless you are 100% certain that it's authentic.

Just put your cursor over the link and look in the bottom left corner of your screen. It'll tell you where it's really taking you.

OK will do..

Should i be worried?

This maybe of some help it warns you about sites, its from MaAfee and its free http://www.siteadvisor.com/

I wouldn't be.  You didn't run any applications they asked you to, you didn't give them any information.  You'll be fine.

I wouldnt worry too much, I always click on the links just for a jape.

My personal favourite is the one that explains your tax refund will be made to a credit or debit card, please submit your details below.

Ok will do!

just had a feckin night mare, try to play a Mtt an this bloody virus thing kept popping up that i dont even use, fml...think i have fixed it, it was blocking all my actions. I am having a reet blonde day...

Dont meant blocking my card actions, i meant blocking me trying to do a scan etc,..I now have my AVG back open and scanning.. phewww

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/08/hm_revenue_phish/

An old one, this, although I still get sent them fairly regularly.

If it was just a html link, it's highly unlikely you could have caught anything nasty. Depends on what browser you are using though - there are some exploits that only require you to visit a site, although they are rare, and tend to get patched in browsers fairly quickly, so make sure you keep IE/Firefox/whatever updated.

If you're getting an AV message popping up frequently, I'd be careful about what you log in to online until you fix it though - spurious AV warnings are a common tactic of malware. Can you post a screenshot of the warning?

HMRC don't deal with refunds by email so 100% it will be a fake/phishing exercise...

This

Ive been on a BR tax code a couple of times in the last year so i think im due some tax back but how do i claim for it? do they do it automatically? i rang a number about 5 times today and could i fck get thru to someone!

Well done on picking the worse week of the year to ring the tax office.

If you've been on BR you'll definitely get some back, probably quite a lot of it if you've not earnt 20k+

You won't get it automatically though, you def need to ring them. Leave it 2 weeks and ring them again.

If you get a proper job on a tax code they'll just take it off that. If you stay on BR you'll just get a cheque or bank tx.

what happened was I was working as a poker dealer at gala then I got a driving job with an agency so I did both jobs fir a while then I quit the casino for the agency! In feb I was made permanent by my company so was back on br tax for a month!

So I shud ring them in 2weeks or will they auto deduct it from my wages?

The company you work for for will charge you tax based on what the IR (inland revenue) tell them to do.

In some circumstances the company has to put you on a BR tax code. This is usually when you start work part way through a tax year and don't have a P45 to show how much tax you paid under your previous employment. Some part time jobs also use BR codes so that your main job work out your main tax and the part time job is separate. They get added at the year end and any refund is applied to next years tax code.

The BR code basically takes 25% of everything you earn so that the IR is always up on the deal.

You get a tax allowance of about 6k per year that you can have for free. Anything you earn above this gets taxed at different levels depending on how much it is. If the IR owes you money one way they can refund it is by increasing your allowance next year. It's all done through your tax code and is nothing to do with the company you work for. Your company can't do anything, you have to sort it yourself. They will tax you based on the last information given to them by the IR.

The best thing to do is wait until you get all of your P45s and a P60 for this tax year. Once you have them all ring the tax office and tell them you think you are eligible for a refund. They will need the info from your P60 (year end tax) from your current employer as well as any P45 info from previous employers. The IR obviously have this info anyway but if you can point them in the right direction it'll be quicker.

Don't worry about having it done before the end of the year. Your tax code can be changed at any time during next year and will balance everything out whenever it happens.

I'd definitely wait until after you get a P60 from your current employer. You won't know how much you've earnt until then so you can't give full info. Also at this time of year people are panic filling out tax returns and ringing the IR with queries. Companies are ringing the tax office as they are nearing the end of year as well. In 2 weeks companies will be submitting their end of year so it'll still be hectic.

Unless you want to wait in a queue I wouldn't ring them for about a month. It really is their busiest time. You don't have to worry about getting your money because it's very safe.

HMRC only answered 1/2 calls made to them last year, send a letter to the main tax district address to PAYE  team explaining situation. If no response within 28 days write to same office address to complaints manager and hope that they follow their internal protocal on prioriitising complaints. Be aware union on overtime ban and they have shed loads of work processing at moment. Payroll/HR at work should also be chasing up as well. You can claim up to six years if they have made error so still plenty of time. All stuff will come via post or BACS no email tho' :)

They sent me a tax refund last year without me even asking. Just got a letter in the post with a cheque attached. Best bit was I knew they owed it me but was too lazy to go and actually ask them for it. Nice suprise when I realised they sent it me anyway :)

you run sooooo good nana! Hope I get a cheque they prob owe me thousands!!

my experience with the inland revenue is that they work from a default position of you owe them until you prove otherwise - and then they lose your form when they realise they owe you 000's, and it takes 3 years to recover and then they continue to chase you on the following years where you [  ] owe them, despite the numbers and format not being dissimilar to previous years.

bunch of *****! I and dont use that word lightly!

I got a cheque from them a good few years ago out of the blue for about a grand.

:)up

i know they owe me about £1400. Just can't be arsed dealing with it

can u even be arsed to draw breath these days?

barely.

and not sayin it like an 'i have too much money brag', i just really can't be bothered.

Used to work for them, that sounds like 99% of the staff :)

If you were back on a normal tax code that didnt end W1 for March then you have probably already had it back mate.

sure have mate! 

Changed from agency to permanent at start of feb! End of feb was hit hard by tax! Last months pay wAs correct as I had handed in my p45 which sorted my tax code!

Feb tax code = br
mar tax code= 647L1 if that helps?

Yeah the 1 means its on a week by week basis, not cumulative.
You will be owed about 27.40 per week you were on BR code.
Contrary to belief on here, as long as all your employers submit the correct details the cheque should get to you.

beat me too it... +1

wait until end of tax year submissions have been made, which shouldn't be long

look at what you earned and what tax you paid and pursue it if you still feel you have paid too much tax.

Yea will wait till its all calmed down! So do we get a p-whatever every tax year telling us what we earned in that year? if so when do we get them?

probably mid May when you get your P60

Not sure how many jobs youve had Girgs this year but if you have been on BR a few times there is a chance your P60 will be incorrect.

In fact scratch that, you ended the year on a W1 code so your P60 will probably wrong because W1 basically means HMRC have lost track of you during the year.

SIGH will i ever get any money back off the robbing tw**s

If you've kept your pay slips from all your jobs then yes eventually you will. PAYE is a great way of collecting tax if you have one job so it was useful when it came in in the 1940's nowadays its what you guys call tez :)

Lol. You've waited about a week.

They are not robbing tw**s at all. You will get exactly what you're entitled to the same as everyone else.

The IR can't rob you and won't rob you. I never understand people who call the IR thieves.

If you don't like paying tax go and live somewhere like Somalia. You won't have to pay anything there.

easy cowboy step down off ur high horse! Was just a figure of speach!

Speech...

soz mr dictionary!

Lol

I almost had the same rant.

The HMRC do a pretty awesome job and will always sort your problem out, if you know what your talking about. The huge problem is that even though people pay over thousands of their hard earned to them every year, they dont spend an hour learning to understand how it works.

lol you don't work for them do you?

the amount of time he's online during office hours makes me wonder :)

Nope, but I pay them more money than most.  :D

Hmmm, the Inland Revenue will undertake every measure legally that they can to seperate you from your money. However, when you undertake any tax planning measures the government accuses you of tax avoidance (which is perfectly legally) and using "loopholes" (whatever they are) to avoid paying tax.

FYP

GIQ

Received a cheque in the post this morning for the sum of £252.20 for the tax year 09/10. Ship!!

Im owed more for the 08/09 tax year but as i went to Australia to live/work and i dont have details of what i was paid out there, they are still looking into it for me! Fingers crossed for another cheque!!

DTD £300 5/6 paid for!