General Advice Thread

DualityNSNO · September 9, 2015

oldblue said:
think its good advice to phone tax office anyway. no need not to, but a tax refund should happen automatically if it has been taken at source. at the end of tax year they will calculate on your annual earnings rather than weekly/monthly and you will get it all back if below the threshold. threshold is something like £800 a month

Joey66 said:
Tax covers five years

Ace. Cheers lads.

davids · September 9, 2015

Joey66 said:
Never spit in the wind or pee in the wind!

Or close to electric fences.

Joey66 · September 9, 2015

mascoq66700 said:
Or close to electric fences.

Or don't eat yellow snow. or attempt to make a snowball out of it!!

davids · September 9, 2015

Joey66 said:
Or don't eat yellow snow. or attempt to make a snowball out of it!!

In song.

oldblue · September 9, 2015

DualityNSNO said:
Figured we needed one, as one pops up every other week, might as well bump them all into one?

Anyway, tax question - I've got tax that I can supposedly reclaim (working as a student etc) and I still have my wage slips, but I'm technically not working there anymore. When I come back to Glasgow in two weeks - can I phone them up and explain and still claim it back?

think a students threshold is about 800 a month. or was. less t

DualityNSNO said:
Ace. Cheers lads.

No prob. Be careful they have right address or any refund will go to last one your employer had

RAFUH · September 9, 2015

chicoazul said:
Mainly for the Americans. I'm thinking of buying a used Dodge Journey RT.

Any of you petrol (gas) head beauts owned one or know if they're reliable?

Seems like there was a big recall recently...

chicoazul · September 9, 2015

RAFUH said:
Seems like there was a big recall recently...

Sake.A particular year or model?

Titus Bramble · September 9, 2015

chicoazul said:
Sake.A particular year or model?

Whichever one you're getting.

oldblue · September 9, 2015

Is this forum looking to replace CAB now? Putting everything into the right sections is probably gonna be crucial here with the level of input going on. At the moment I think you can section them off as; tax advice, vehicle advice, general bodily fluids advice and mints.
its pretty much covered everything but probably need to look at mobile debt too.

Frank Gallagher · September 9, 2015

Kiwi said:
Call them mate. What are you going to lose out on by doing it?

If you don't give it a go, you miss out on the money.

oh about £27 in call charges after being on hold for 3 hours!

sageyefc · September 9, 2015

chicoazul said:
Sake.A particular year or model?

All of them, because theyre [Poor language removed]

Lids1978 · September 9, 2015

DualityNSNO said:
Figured we needed one, as one pops up every other week, might as well bump them all into one?

Anyway, tax question - I've got tax that I can supposedly reclaim (working as a student etc) and I still have my wage slips, but I'm technically not working there anymore. When I come back to Glasgow in two weeks - can I phone them up and explain and still claim it back?

Yeh if your not working there anymore for the rest of the financial year you can claim your tax back mate. Did you get a P45?

dandydan · September 9, 2015

Don't ask a bunch of Internet strangers who fancy themselves as comedians for wedding advice and expect rational, helpful answers.

JammyP · September 9, 2015

DJ's out there - always play Tramp the Dirt Down for the last dance at Conservative functions

Robertor · September 9, 2015

Got a bit of an awkward decision to make which weirdly I'm consulting GOT about before talking to my wife or family lol, I think it's to try and get a perspective from someone who hasn't got any sort of connection to me...

Been working as a journalist for about 3 years now, I'm only 25, live in Liverpool and have a 10 month old boy. Got a decent salary and the opportunity to travel watching sports when I'm not tied down with family, otherwise I write things like football, formula one, cricket opinion pieces or things like match reports.

Anyway, the dilemma I've got is I've basically been headhunted and offered a permanent contract with The Guardian, which would entail moving to London and uprooting my wife and child, however I would get a 50% increase on my current salary, therefore providing a better life for them money wise. Really stuck with this, a huge decision to make and I don't have any experience of making decisions like this. Of course I'm going to talk to my wife, mum, dad, friends etc etc but I'm just looking for an outside perspective, maybe what you'd do in my position? Cheers.