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I'll have to get around to doing this later, I've never claimed for my Nursing uniform even though I have bought maybe 4 pairs of shoes, 5 t shirts and 4 pairs of trousers.

Just applied hopefully I will get something back

Try and see.

The one that always suprises me is that higher rate tax payers don't claim back the 20% tax relief on pension contributions. Over the years it can be thousands.

What about a stale live chick?

I was applying for jobs up here, and getting interviews too. I’d just left uni, and could have moved at a couple of days notice to almost anywhere in the country - couple of suitcases and I’d have been there. I had no ties then. I’ve been a tax payer since 1987, even during the 6 years I was at college / uni. I’ve funded plenty - so have no issues with taxpayers having funded my train fares. Could I do it now? No, I’ve 2 young children, I’m recently widowed, so the upheaval would be impossible now. And I wouldn’t need anyone to fund trainfares.

Don't suppose there were any companies near you to get practice on? I understand the point and the incentive of this scheme and it's good to get people into work, but if you have no means of paying for a train, how would you pay to relocate your entire life to another part of the UK? What I will say is that why on earth aren't these interview costs being absorbed by the hiring companies or the recruitment agencies? The companies hiring who can afford to hire someone from the other side of the country and can't find anyone local then they can absolutely afford to pay a train fare (generally - they may not want to but that's another matter) and if it's through an agency then their commission of 3 to 6 months could also go towards paying it. Not really sure why tax payers should be funding it...

Unemployed folk deserve every opportunity given to them as they are all clearly desperate to get into work and start giving back. What a great idea this train thing is. Hot deal.

Attend every week must be a nightmare, oh wait, i remember back in 2014 when i was unemployed. They had me go in every day. After a week or two even the advisors couldnt be bothered and just had me show up, sign and go. Never understood the purpose of it. I was told i had to do it for 3 months. Luckily for me, back then i lived within 10 mins of my local job centre so had no problems attending without the need of transport. Really wished i completed the 3 months just to find out what they would have had lined up for me next. However, I ended up finding a job 2-3 weeks before the 3 months were up lol.

You sound like you've given up on him in a way?! "if he ever gets another interview?!" Do you think so little of him/his skills in the marketplace that you are not even sure he'll get another interview?

So 1 parent can earn 40k the other 10k that’s 50k in household, and then we give them benefit, why?

Hi, Can i still apply for this, even though the 5th April deadline has passed? Thanks

If their only income is £16k pa each then they do qualify. But they won't benefit from applying, one will pay less tax and the other will pay more so pointless in applying but they could if they wanted to. And it might be worth it for pensioners with that income. If you had one person with pension income of £16k and the other a smaller pension income along with some savings income or dividends which totalled £16k they could quite possibly apply and not have any extra tax to pay because of the £8,000 savings and dividend income which could be taxed at 0%.

Only if you earn under 40 odd thousand

What if partners both earn minimum wage and get £16k pa each? They won’t qualify. Then a couple earning £40k pa + £10k pa do qualify. Bloody stupid! It’s unfair treatment against full time parents on lower wage that would benefit most!

under 10 days January February, under 14 days March April May, under 21 days June

Anyone any idea on the time from applying to renew and receiving the new one?

how do you estimate the 70 million every year? :)

With 70 million passports out there it's a nice little earner with all the lost stolen or out of date ones.

Cold. Cheaper on Amazon Germany (lol)

No, cause I put my warm clothes on, turn up the heating and stay in doors. I'd rather the money went to those who didn't have those luxuries and are really feeling the cold much worse than us. For every penny given to those who don't really need it, it's taken away from those who do. Simple

I thought this was a satirical website - clicked on the link out of curiosity and BANG! It's real!

Private and public pensions are savings as investments, the rate of pension contribution was calculated using maths for payouts of pensions in the future. I don't think there is maths to substantiate your claim that private sector companies go bust because of pensions. However, there maybe a possible reason, amongst others, that in the decades we have passed more laws to create more public services which in turn needed more people to run these public services, some of which are now in the private sector, or outsourced to the private sector. It is possible that the cause is not the pension per person, the pension scheme per person, but is the total number of people, which is the quantity of people. There is also another factor, you may like to investigate, the mean average of public sector worker in contrast to private sector for the same job specs from 1970 to now. Last time when I did this for a project, a profile of 450 staff in a specific department, their salaries were up to 40% less in the public sector from memory . Many had expressed that they were willing then to accept lower pay , relative to private, because of job environment,living environment in housing costs, security and pension. Another words they traded short term and immediate gains for long term security. So final salary pension was a postponed "remuneration". If an average professional put the delta between public sector pay and private sector pay, into stock market,or buy-to-let, then its investment growth over 30-40 years is your gold plated pension. As to this cold weather payment, both you and I have deviated from this topic. But as you discussed pensions, so thought that I present a view for your consideration. I don't work in the public sector.

What is the percentage of freeloaders, growing from which percentage to which ?

You may like to add to your diagram the annual net profits after tax, or gross profit before tax in making your point so as to enhance them. These figures are in the same order of magnitude as the welfare benefits. Though I am not sure how accurate the figures are. However, they do infer that the supermarkets and others are the new tax payer subsidised sectors, just like the subsidised industries of old. (Instead of subsidising the employers for unsustainable businesses, the government is subsidising the workers so that they can work at these unsustainable industries/commercial sectors (at least a part of each company even if not the whole of these companies) at lower wages costs than that to live.) These subsidies disrupt Britain's business productivity and national economic performance. The Conservatives should have toughed it out with their working tax credit change, gradually phased it out and passed law gradually to lift wages to compensate.

I wasn't able to put in a reg ? Only search dates and car make and model ? My car is an 11 plate qashqai and has a recall. Do u contact my local Nissan dealer ?

do you have to pay for the courtesy car ?

Cheers OP. Useful peace of mind. Can the mod please keep this post open.

Bit misleading isn't it? You can't be fined £2500 for ignoring a safety recall. You MIGHT be fined for having an unsafe vehicle, but that's largely independent of any recalls. Many un-recalled vehicles are unsafe, and many recalls are for potential issues which don't make the car immediately unsafe. Useful site, but very misleading blurb.

Its for Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda diesel vehicles from around 2009-2014

I can see you have strong opinions on this, and I don't. But you can't say the disabled don't qualify for this scheme when some do.

The £1.5 trillion owed to the banks. Whos bailing out who? Makes me laugh the whole thing will collapse

UC is out to a minority of people who were on DWP. WTC I agree with as work should pay, but disabled/child tax credits should be able to save already some savings - its a choice to spend every penny you have regardless your income source (excludes Jobseekers because that’s not even enough to live off) simply you reevaluate essentials v luxury, pre made food from a supermarket is a luxury not a everyday 3 meals a day essiential (unless you are buying £1 ready meals which work out cheaper). Drink, smoking, taxis - even one night a week is a luxury, a top spec mobile/iPhone luxury, high interest purchasing accounts - luxury, the many need to re-evaluate their lifestyles & budgeting regardless of income or sources, the many don’t spend wisely or appropriately and society/taxpayer loses out and shareholders gain everytime. State can’t keep making new ‘benefits’ for all sub groups under median wage/incomes there are a ton of them already but when you exclude the most vulnerable in society on DWP that’s another matter

That's not entirely true because there are a lot of disabled people on WTC/UC who qualify for this scheme.

Well that and paying for an extremely high end and pricey royal wedding. Unlike when it comes to investing in healthcare or police officers, there's no money...funny that.

Unless you're an actor buying clothing that could also be everyday wear, they can claim a deduction on the cost if they're worn either as part of a costume or part- EG if you're an impersonator and have to buy a very specific outfit that also fits the definition of everyday wear. It is complicated for those of us that don't deal with it all the time :)

I now get my fees paid by my company and so cancelled my tax code that was adjusted when I had to pay prof fees myself, so in theory ring hmrc tell them the fee payable and they amend tax code, only problem I see is if like me my fees go up £20-25 every year so you are probably best to make the self assessment

No, this deal is about claiming back professional fess

I wouldn't say minefield really, IMO it's one of the more straightforward aspects of HMRC. The point is that if you have to use specific clothing in the course of your work (eg PPE, or a nurse's uniform) and your employer doesn't provide cleaning facilities (so you have to clean it at home under your own cost) and the uniform can only be used exclusively for the job, then the cleaning costs are deductible from your income. Some professions have specific arrangements for the amount, for others is the standard £60pa. The exclusive usage means that the clothing can't be used in other circumstances. Eg. you wouldn't normally go to the pub wearing a Tesco uniform as a choice. In your case, unfortunately you can't claim the cost because the suit can be used for other occasions. If it were to be branded (I wear similar attire for work, but it has company logos) then it would be eligible.

Just thinking about the hubby, can he claim back fees for CPD courses?

I arranged power of attorney through my solicitor as part of my will. Can I still claim?

Just received a text, £135 approx to be refunded within 10 days. Thanks again mikecml. (y)

Just applied on behalf of my deceased mother. I've had the following email. So, if you're struggling to get through on the phone, here's what you need to do. Thank you for contacting us about an application fee refund claim on behalf of a donor who has died. To process this claim we will require each of the following: Death certificate of the deceased donor you are claiming forGrant of representation (i.e. grant of probate or letters of administration) or a will.We can accept the documents via email, please send them to poarefunds@justice.gsi.gov.uk or alternatively you can post photocopies to: POA Refunds Team, 7th Floor, Office of the Public Guardian, Po Box 16185, Birmingham, B2 2WH. On receipt of these documents we’ll contact you to complete a refund application over the phone. If you have the power of attorney documents to hand when we call this will be helpful, but don’t worry if you don’t. Partial refunds apply to power of attorney applications to the Office of the Public Guardian (for England and Wales) made between April 2013 and March 2017 where an application fee was paid. Partial fee refunds are due on the following for this period: enduring power of attorney (EPA)lasting power of attorney (LPA):property and financial affairshealth and welfarepower of attorney applications that had to be resubmitted and a fee appliedpower of attorney applications where a fee remission applied (50% fee reduction). In this instance the refund will be 50% of the total partial refund amount due.

thanks for posting this, wouldn't have known otherwise.

I got all excited, then saw it would only be for £37...... I just can’t be bothered with all the form filling and hassle involved :-(