Philip's Uniform Tax Refund Story
Knives are a chef’s most important tool and Philip Olivant, operations manager and head chef at The Lion hotel in Brewood, was able to add to his collection thanks to a cheque from the taxman for just over £100 obtained through Uniform Tax Rebate.
“Claiming via the website was simply a no-lose situation. A manager here at The Lion told me about it and I’ve told colleagues too – two have received cheques for around £80 each.
It only took me a couple of minutes.”
He has also has his tax code adjusted enabling him to take home an extra £18 a year.
Philip, 38, has been a chef for 18 years and has worked at The Lion for two years, although his work has taken him to more far flung places than Staffordshire. He spent four years working in the Cayman Islands, which perhaps accounts for his love of seafood – especially tuna and snapper.
“I love being in the kitchen,” he says. “I’m here from 8am to 11pm six days a week – 12 to 14-hour days are standard. When I have free time I do absolutely nothing except perhaps take the kids to school!”
Philip has a team of four – and it’s a friendly atmosphere in the kitchen, nothing like a certain TV chef, although Philip points out “there are chefs like Gordon Ramsey, but if you have three Michelin stars then everything has to be perfect every time, the pressure is really intense”.
A love of food wasn’t what prompted Philip to get into his profession, although it’s something he soon developed. “I was standing in a queue with my dad at Stafford College waiting to see about career options, then someone came along asking if anyone was interested in becoming a chef. No queue for that. I’d had a job washing up in a pub so it sounded interesting. That’s how I started.”
Each tax year will be recalculated if you enter a claim. This often identifies other overpayments due to incorrect tax codes, multiple employments, ceasing of job, etc. In these cases we can identify a much larger tax rebate. We regularly identify rebates of over £1,000 for customers who were originally estimated a lower amount.
If you claim now you will receive tax relief for the current tax year and future years that allowances continue to apply, paid through your monthly pay, no charge will be made on future tax relief or refunds.
You don't need to make any upfront payment to us in order for us to check if you are due a rebate.
We will ensure that your current year reliefs are correct and that your future year allowances are adjusted in line with the current year to ensure you are no longer being overtaxed. There will be no charge calculated for amending your current tax code and you will receive any tax refunds due in the current year and in future years directly.
If you are due a refund in the 4 previous tax years we will receive that refund from HMRC on your behalf and deduct charges in accordance with those quoted on the website prior to making a payment to you.
Standard deduction is 30% + £30, plus VAT, where due on any refund payment HMRC send us before passing payment on to you. Charges are limited to the previous 4 tax years we check and we will not make any deduction on future tax refunds.
If no refund is due the service is FREE to use. If a refund is due standard pricing is 30% + £30, plus VAT, where due on any refund payment HMRC send us before passing payment on to you. The charge is levied on all refunds received from HMRC covered by the claim period (4 previous years) regardless of reason. When entering a claim you agree to legally and unconditionally assign the rights to any refund for the previous 4 years to OTR, when payment is made to us we will forward the residual balance to you net of our agreed fees. On receipt of the form HMRC will manually reconcile (calculate) your tax liability for each year of your claim. If unreconciled differences are present on your taxpayer record for any year these differences may positively or negatively effect your tax liability on top of the effect of any allowances or expenses claimed for. HMRC perform a more basic automatic reconciliation on taxpayer records from April to November in the tax year following the end of each tax year. By submitting your claim you forgo the rights to any benefits that may have been accrued as a result of HMRC performing an automatic reconciliation, from the date your form is received by HMRC.