Earlier this year HJ Heinz changed its name slightly (due to Warren Buffet effectively buying us out), but it was enough for HMRC to think that we'd all changed employers and our wonderful Pay Office it would seem was oblivious to any information that they might have told them. So, the other day, a letter from HMRC landed on the doormat to tell me that I was entitled to a rebate
however ...... earlier in the year when my P60 arrived, I'd noticed that the figure in the red box ie the amount they said I would use if completing a tax return was way less than my total for the year. So I phoned the HMRC to ask if an error might have been made. He looked at various figures & agreed that an error had been made & that their estimate for my tax rebate was wrong.
Today a sizeable cheque arrived.
So, knowing you'd already phoned the tax office & kinda know it's a mistake, would you ..............
bank the cheque & wait for them to ask for the money back ...... it'd pay my car insurance next month very nicely
or put the cheque to one side