My DH does a self assessment tax return each year. In January we realised that he has been doing it wrong and not including the tax relief at source as part of his pension contribution. This means that he has been missing out on the full tax allowance. For the last 2 years we were able to amend this electronically however for the year prior to this HMRC said we had to do it in writing.
We sent them a letter in January setting out the details but have not heard anything back. Does anyone know if there is anyway to check they have received it?
Despite sending it recorded delivery there was no acknowledgement of receipt (looking online it appears HMRC do not sign for their recorded delivery). My DH is pretty hopeless with chasing things so I am not sure if he has fully checked if there is anyway to contact them about this but tells me that the team that deals with this has no phone contact. Does anyone know if this is the case? We only have until April to make this claim so are keen to know if they are processing it.
Any advice would be appreciated as the amount owed is around £1500 so not a small sum.