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Make an FOI request to HMRC
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The only organisation that likes (to send you) cheques is HMRC. I wonder if that’s because a significant proportion never get cashed.
Tis a glorious day in goods own country. The views across the county from high roads on my trip from Skelmanthorpe to Ilkley are truly awe inspiring.
We’re in Yorkshire to continue with the clearing of my late F-in-L house, a process that gained a little more urgency after Dr B and her siblings accepted an offer an hour a go. The house went on the market last week with no board up (there’s no real urgency to sell give the estate is still in awaiting probate)
Viewings started this week and three offers were received on Tuesday/wednesday all a little below the asking price and all within 5k of each other. The estate agent suggested going back to the prospective purchasers pointing out that other offers had been received and that further viewings were already booked. A deadline of 5pm Thursday for counter offers was set. The developer said his offer stood but his position re:funds was improved, the cash only buyer up’d their offer by £10K, still under the asking price, but stated the house need a new roof and new windows but were prepared to stand by their offer as long as the survey didn’t find anything else, the survey found nothing else (the house might be a little careworn but doesn’t need a new roof and it would be criminal to replace the well maintained hardwood window frames with upvc. Chancers!). The third buyer, already flagged as the best potential buyer by the estate agent with whatever voodoo they use, aren’t messing about though. The second offer is 5% above the asking price.
The offer has been accepted and knowing Dr B and her sibs I certain that they will not consider any further offers. They’re not mercantile minded in any way.
Recent reports have announced that over half a million individuals each year are failing to reclaim hundreds of pounds in overpaid income tax.
Last year alone over five million HMRC tax rebate cheques were sent out but as of the beginning of November 2023, 615,383 cheques – with a total value of £217million remaining uncashed.
On average this adds up to around £350 per person with some potentially missing out on thousands of pounds.
In the tax year of 2021 to 2022, a total of 593,367 cheques (out of 4.3 million sent) were issued with a value of £187 million that have not been cashed yet.
Similarly for the tax year 2020 to 2021 there are 640,245 (out of 3.7million sent) cheques worth a combined total of £215 million that remain uncashed.
The second was to note that the commentators called out the ‘search for a new world because we’ve screwed this one up’ an ‘the Earth is an ark in the wilderness of space but we’ve already screwed it up’. (i paraphrase a little). That we were openly saying this in 1970 just makes the current lack of action all the more frustrating.