Tax rebate cheeky bugger

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So had a letter off HRMC to say I had over paid tax by £35. They would send me the payment through some company called Brooksdale. Just had a message off said company to claim my £35. No it will be £18 after brooksdale take their fee!
So my question is how do I get the full £35? I now can't find the letter I got last week to contact HRMC .

Sounds like a scam

Scam. HMRC pay you the full amount

It doesn’t sound legit.

Sounds like scam - HMRC should just send a cheque to you

Register on the .gov website for your own tax account and then you can request they pay your overpayment as a cheque direct to you without needing to use 3rd party companies.

However, I’d be concerned how Brooksdale got your details to know about the tax rebate in the first place and would worry they were trying to scam you!!

The letter from HRMC said payment would be given through Brooksdale. It's really pissed me off as as we all know atm £35 is £35. I can't afford to heat my house!

IT'S A SCAM

Did you authorize them as agents for a ppi claim? HMRC must have your authority to have done this

Nope

I've never had a tax rebate that went through a subsidiary company. It's always either gone straight into my bank account, or been paid by cheque. This stinks of a scam. I hope you haven't given them your bank details!

Doing this now

It's 100% a scam. I've had several rebates from HMRC, they don't use this company, nor are there any admin fees to pay.

Did you get in touch with Brooksdale initially to see whether you could reclaim overpaid tax? I know I’ve seen adverts on Facebook for companies like that.

The problem is that I think those companies get authorised to deal with your tax refund and so they can take their cut of it.

Yeah it's definitely a scam. You haven't given them your details have you?

Not that daft.
I've made an account with HRMC gateway thingy. That was pulling teeth.
Said this is photo attached. Just on hold to a human now.

It’s a scam. HMRC just send you a cheque.
there is no tax rebate.

I reckon that original letter was actually phishing for information and from Brooksdale and not HMRC. If the apparent rebate is for 2021/22 tax year, then they have till October to finalise tax accounts and make payment to you. If it’s for a previous year, it would be listed on your tax account!!

The only options I’ve ever had for tax rebates are to either receive a cheque direct or have the rebate added to my tax free allowance for the following year (in the same way, when I owed tax due to employer being —complete crap— lax with registering company car use for over a year, I was given the choice of paying a lump sum or having my tax code revised and it being taken at source).

Your letter came from Brooksdale, it’s a scam

It's really pissed me off as as we all know atm £35 is £35.
There is no £35. It's a scam.

Yep if they owed you £35 it would say so on your gov gateway account, as a pp said they have until October to deal with rebates so you might still have one coming but this £35 definitely doesn't exist.

No luck on the phone so have tweeted them. They have said if I signed an agreement to use Brooksdale then they will pay. I have never agreed to that as this is the 1st time I've ever had a rebate
So looks as if HRMC do use a third party to pay out 😠

Your screenshot says there's no £35 because they don't even have all your information for the last tax year yet.

No HMRC don't unless the third party have told HMRC that you've authorised them to receive your tax repayments. Brooksdale have got your tax details from somewhere and submitted a claim on your behalf. Are you sure you've never given your tax reference number (UTR) or national insurance number to any firm either over the phone or online? Or maybe tried to make a tax refund claim via your union?

Have you ever used a company to reclaim ppi?

Never .
Did that myself using templates .
Person on Twitter says to contact the humans. I was on hold for 34 mins.
Will try again later .