Completely OT - Bank Statement

[robgraham]

Sorry to be OT but this is such a widely knowledgeable group, etc, etc. !!

I've just been checking my Bank Statement on line and I've received a sum of money (

[Frank Erskine]

Possibly a transfer from a Savings account?

[Andrew Mawson]

I've just been checking my Bank Statement on line and I've received a sum of money (

[robgraham]

Give us your bank details including PIN number and I will transfer it back !!!

Rob

[Bodgit]

I think you'll find this is from the Inland Revenue (or whatever they're called nowadays). SA stands for Self Assessment. It's probably your tax refund, or the tax refund of someone who put the wrong account number on their tax return!

Dave.

[Peter Andrews]

I've just been checking my Bank Statement on line and I've received a sum of money (

[robgraham]

Thanks guys - did just wonder if it was that but couldn't get anything sensible for the acronym SA. Now it all makes sense. No doubt something will come in the post at some point but it is nice to know they pay out first. The sum is within a few pounds of what I calculated sometime 6 months ago.

Cheers

Rob

[Stuart B]

Seems very odd that there is no other form of reference against the payment to identify it .

Stuart

[Steve Pearce]

Same happened to me a couple of years ago, the notice from the IR arrived a few days later.

[Owain]

Saudi Arabia? ;-)

Owain

[Andy Hall]

This is from HM Revenue and Customs and is a tax refund payment for Self Assessment tax. The bank should know this full well - they must be seeing enough of them at this time of year.

You should also have received a tax calculation from said government department but that would be making several assumptions.

In previous years, I have always received refund in the form of a BACS transfer which is convenient. This year, for whatever reason, and for a smaller amount, they sent a cheque which is very inconvenient. I tried to get them to cancel it and alter my tax code, but they couldn't manage that.

[The Medway Handyman]

Grrrr! I got an e-mail from the accountant saying I had a £450 refund. Then letter a dated 1/2/07 from the revenue saying they were paying it in to my bank. They had the wrong a/c number on the letter so I rang them.

Got another letter on the 21st with yet another wrong a/c number, so I rang again. Cheque didn't arrive till this morning!

They certainly didn't pay me first.

[John Rumm]

If it is something from the revenue, Sod All seems about right ;-)

[Andy Hall]

Why couldn't they have paid it into the proper account and done with it rather than wasting everyone's time with cheques?