sooperlids Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 One of my customers has had a cheque returned unpaid from HM Customs & Excise. Anybody heard of this before? doesn't sound very promising. It was for V.A.T to be reclaimed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkandrew Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 One of my customers has had a cheque returned unpaid from HM Customs & Excise. Anybody heard of this before? doesn't sound very promising. It was for V.A.T to be reclaimed. Are you sure? How was the returned cheque marked? RD, RDPR? Each returned cheque should have a return code, without this we are non the wiser.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooperlids Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Yes I am sure. He posted a pic of the cheque on this site but has since removed it... http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?...asc&start=0 Maybe it's a mistake by the bank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togger Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 They also now require that you put a stamp on a VAT return - tw@ts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshireman Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 All sounds very strange. VAT payments are made to HMRC either by cheque or by electronic payment. Any VAT refund due from HMRC is paid directly into the business bank account and cheques are never issued. I am looking at our company's latest VAT and ECSL return and both have replied paid envelopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 All sounds very strange. VAT payments are made to HMRC either by cheque or by electronic payment. Any VAT refund due from HMRC is paid directly into the business bank account and cheques are never issued. I am looking at our company's latest VAT and ECSL return and both have replied paid envelopes. They refund by cheque if they don't have your bank details. For new registrations now, they ask for your bank details on the registration form, but there are still some older traders where they don't have the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymadman Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Given that these aren't technically cheques - they are payable orders drawn on a Bank of England account, there has been some mistake or error. The processing that occurs with these is a check against a list of payable orders issued that is sent to the Paymaster General. Either the payable order wasn't included on the list in error, or has been cancelled by HMRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Depends if the cheque was stopped or 'refer to drawer' - bounced. If the latter I hope the BoE charge HMRC £50 for a bounced cheque. I have heard that income from vat returns is getting very weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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