6 entries found with tag tax.

Let's get our money back

British taxpayers have spent over £10 million in the Princess Diana inquest that today returned the verdict that she was unlawfully killed. Something we all already knew. So let's get our money back. What's stopping Al Fayed from getting sued? He brought about this pointless exercise and he was the employer of the grossly negligent driver Henri Paul.

I can't imagine the governement doing anything, after all they're now more interested in taxing poor people more than before. The royal family can't sue people. So does Al Fayed just get away with it?

Tags: Princess Diana, Al Fayed, tax

Online tax deadline today

More than 150000 people filed their tax returns on deadline day last year. Looks like it's a similar story this time round - the website is "temporarily unavailable". So perhaps it's a good time to review some of the common errors made on self-assessment forms:

Common errors:

Failure to complete a separate supplementary page for each individual employment.
Entering employee personal pension premiums net instead of gross.
Entering the figure for capital expenditure allowances in box 3.14 of the self-employment pages instead of the figure for capital allowances.
Failure to complete Q19 of the main tax return where a repayment is due.If you do not opt for immediate repayment, the Revenue will leave the overpaid amount on your account and set that amount against future liabilities.
Entering your pay in box 1.8 of the employment pages but not entering tax deducted in box 1.11

Common reasons for rejecting a tax return:

Entering a "yes" tick on one of the questions 1 to 9 on page 2 of the tax return but failing to forward the relevant supplementary page.
Failure to complete the self-employment pages, particularly from box 3.74 onwards.
Putting detailed information on separate schedules instead of including the information.
Entering handwritten notes, such as "per accounts" or "information to follow", instead of entering actual figures.
Failure to sign and date the return.

Hope that helps!

Related: tax, money

Has the budget left you better off?

Gordon Brown announced the budget today. The change getting the headlines is the 2p tax cut, but are you really better off? Find out using the budget calculator!

Council tax up again above inflation

Got my council tax bill for the year in the post today and surprise, surprise it's gone up by 5%. That's about double the rate of inflation. As if Surbiton residents aren't already paying the most council tax in UK! Knowing Kingston Borough Council they'll probably waste it on pointless things like magazines nobody reads and more iPlus information points. I've never ever seen anyone use one of those...

Tags: council tax, Surbiton

Are you paying too much council tax?

I hope some people make some money from this, or rather get some back. We, in the borough of Kingston pay the most council tax in the country so I feel extra obliged to point you to this page, which explains how your house could very well be in the wrong council tax banding. If so, you could claim back overpayments from as far back as the early 1990s!

This is going to be a big story when it goes on TV tomorrow so check out the website (and those it lists itself) before it gets too much traffic!

Related: council tax

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Payday

Yes! Got paid today. At least I won't have to rob a bank now. Although I'm not happy about how much the taxman has taken! A huge chunk!