Wroclaw Boy
The UK chopped my child benefit, ive paid taxes here my entire life even since ive lived in Poland, i always had a UK LTD company, im totally p1ssed right now. They can fcuk right off. Being British doesnt mean anything unless youre a foreigner, they (foreigners) work a few years and get child benefit for 16 years. I was honest and they now want the money back like £600, should have lied, but i shouldnt have to.
I missed your second post yesterday (above) and it brought to mind a couple of letters I have recently received from Her Majesty's (Labour) Government.
The 1st letter was regarding my National Insurance contributions. Apparently, to qualify for a full state pension in 9 years time, I needed to pay 44 years of contributions and to date, I haver only paid for 41 years. They asked if I would like to voluntarily pay for the 3 years (some £900).
The reply I sent went along the lines of :- " I have not lived in the UK for 6 years and have no thoughts of returning. My health has not been too good for the past 3 years and I have had to pay for my medicines and my heart bypass operation myself. If I should live for another 10 years and if there is any money left in the governments coffers to pay a pension, I will make do with the reduced pension that you have offered. If HMG is so desparate for this £900, I suggest that they stop paying £12,000 per month rent for Afghan asylum seekers to live in 5 Bedroom town houses in Central London.
I have not received a reply.
Letter number 2 was even better. I received my 1st English "Tax-self assessment form" since I came to Poland, even though I explained to them in 2004 that I no longer work, live or have any assets in the UK. This promised to fine me £100 if I never returned the form on time. I duely filled in "none" in every box that applied to me and sent it back.
A month later I recieved a reply, informing me, that I owed £0.00 in tax. Accompanying this reply was some litriture especially for people who have moved abroad. It basically said that " If you come into a windfall, inheritance, lottery win etc, please inform us so that the correct tax can be implemented.
Yes!!!, as if!!!. They can go forth and multiply.