Claiming UK Tax

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I got mine in July 2005 about 6 weeks after I applied.... and that was for the tax year 2004/2005 as I left the UK in Feb 2005...

[featherB 1]

Thank you... that's very very good news indeed!!

I got mine in July 2005 about 6 weeks after I applied.... and that was for the tax year 2004/2005 as I left the UK in Feb 2005...

[Mags 112]

This is the more up to date form, for those interested:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/p85s.pdf

[Mags 112]

Actually, I think that is the one for people who have just been in the UK temporarily. Sorry, my bad!

[Mags 112]

Me again.... Okay, I've filled in my P85 to claim back my tax. Now, where in the bloody hell do I send the buggar? I've searched and searched the HM Revenue & Customs site, can I find anything with an addy on? Can I heck!

Any help would be appreciated; even if I'm just being a total dunce!

[Muuuuah 0]

I sent mine to the tax office that was used from my previous employer...should be on your yearly tax code sheet or your P60......

i just got my tax back but they tried to say that i had a company car when i was 15 and made a huge deduction for it. When i called them and tried to tell them that i was not even old enough to drive at that age they told me that was besides the point........

[Widge 0]

Hi All,

I read this and it concerns me...

Mr. Bruce got back roughly 3700 quid from last year. His mum and him share a bank account back in SCT. She cashed the cheque and wired it into our U.S. joint account this September.

My question is:

Will this count as US income and will we have to report it as such????

I am under the impression that we do not, as it is under 10K...but I could be wrong, as I am no accountant...

Any takers on my query???

Rose

When we filed the first year after my arrival/marriage jointly we had to declare on a separate form ALL my income in the UK from Jan - Dec of the relevant tax year (gets complicated as this doesn't tie to UK tax year and has to be expressed in $$ terms calculated on the exchange rate on the day paid not the day you file ) The good news is that the allowance for foreign earned income is high so its basically included on one line and subtracted on another so doesn't have any overall effect. Although it sounds complicated (it was) I as the Brit managed to do it all myself and never had any comeback. Can't remeber the amounts or form numbers of the top of my head but if you need any more info feel free to message and I can look up what we did.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

The amount of foreign income you are allowed is $80,000 and if the income was taxed in the UK then it is not taxable here in the US...

Kez