Communicating With Irc

[Coppit]

My daughter has accidentally overpaid

[fiction-factory]

Whio is IRc please Coppit?

[Peter Pedant]

The British tax authorities are HMRC
none of us know much about other tax systems
First stop is to start with IRC and write to them

[fiction-factory]

Do you mean HMCR (ex Inland Revenue). or Revenue.ie (Ireland tax)? IRC is a US tax term for internal revenue code I think. There are various other IRCs on Google -International Rescue Company, an internet relay chat company and lots more

[Coppit]

For some unknown reason the rest of my question disappeared.
Yes, HMRC, not IRC.

I wrote ..
My daughter has accidentally overpaid

[dannyk13]

https://www.gov.uk/contact-hmrc

[fiction-factory]

I wonder if you used a greater than sign - I think that cuts off the rest of the post.
If she has an online account she can register a query, but the quickest way is to ring (see website) but be prepared for a 20 minute wait

[fiction-factory]

Is she employed/self employed?

[Coppit]

It's happened again.
...

[Coppit]

Yes, the greater than sign torpedoed the msg.

[Buenchico]

>>> I wonder if you used a greater than sign - I think that cuts off the rest of the post

That's odd because I use them all the time (to indicate quotes, as above).

If it's PAYE tax then the system should automatically correct any errors.

If the over-payment relates to self-assessment the system should recognise that there's been an overpayment. However the money will be held by HMRC as a 'payment on account' unless your daughter actively seeks to reclaim the money. Start here:
https://www.gov.uk/claim-tax-refund

(I'll email the Ed about the 'greater than' problem).

[fiction-factory]

I think it may be the less than sign that causes the problem, Buenchico. I'll try both now by putting one here < and then trying one of these > here

[Buenchico]

^^^ Odd!

[fiction-factory]

Ah well, it's been reported as a problem before now but I can't replicate it > test >£2000 test >2000 test

[fiction-factory]

Ah well, it's been reported as a problem before now but I can't replicate it > test < £2000 test >2000 test

[Buenchico]

I've sent my email anyway. If nothing else, it gave me a chance to remind the Ed that (to the best of my knowledge) posting an Amazon link also continues to terminate a post on here.

[Cloverjo]

Coppit, I accidentally paid a tax to HMRC into the wrong account. I paid Corporation Tax into the VAT account or vice versa. I didn't realise until I had a cheque in the post from one department, and then an email from another saying I was late with the payment.
It should easily be sorted out, anyway. Best to phone to set your mind at rest.

[Gromit]

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[Gromit]

Left and right pointing smaller than greater than arrows without spaces cause the text to disappear.