Frequently Asked Questions
If you are permanently employed, paid under PAYE, drive your
own vehicle to and from temporary workplaces, and are not based
on any one site for 24 months or longer you will probably qualify,
please send for further information.
Many people have been told by the Inland Revenue that they were
not eligible for a tax refund, but thanks to Rift successfully
compiling their claims, many clients have received money that
the Inland Revenue have been sitting on - but which is rightfully
the worker’s to claim.
Complete our pack for the relevant tax year and return it to
us together with all requested information. We produce a tax return,
which is sent to you for approval and signature, we then forward
this to the Inland Revenue who will in turn process the tax return
and send any refund to our clients account. Our agreed fee is
deducted from the amount and the remainder will be sent to you
by cheque or paid directly into your bank account.
Do not worry, we should be able to obtain the PAYE and tax details
from the Inland Revenue after you have signed the form 64-8 authorising
us as your Agents. Alternatively you might find that information
on your final payslip for the relevant tax year.
Ideally you might have kept a diary or timesheets of which sites
you were working on and the number of miles driven to and from
that site? If not perhaps your employer could assist you?
Alternatively, perhaps you have other evidence of the miles driven;
say MOT certificates which would show the number of miles you
drove in each tax year? Or service records from a garage? Remember
to write down all your sites and mileages from now on ready for
your next claim.
From 6th April to 5th April each year.
For each tax year we have a minimum charge of £95 and a maximum
charge of £255 with a sliding scale of charges between those figures,
those charges are negotiable depending on the number of years
claims we process for you and on the amount of work we have to
do to complete your tax return, vat has to be added to our charges.
Rift’s fees are competitive and, unlike some agents, if the Inland
Revenue do decide to ask further questions about your claim we
will, for no further payment deal with the Inland Revenue on your
behalf.
If we are not able to process a claim for you we do not charge
you for our work.
You are able to claim back for the previous six years.
This depends on the number of business miles you have driven
(the more business miles you drive the larger the potential refund).
It will also depend on any non taxed expenses your employer gave
you as these have to be deducted from any claim.
Rift has assisted some of it’s clients recoup as much as £3,000
each tax year. The average refund secured using Rift’s advice
and assistance is approximately £600 each tax year.
It usually takes the Inland Revenue about 8-12 weeks to process
tax refunds.
Receipts are not necessary under the temporary workplace scheme
but would become useful if you were claiming for a reimbursement
of travel whilst using public transport.
The Inland Revenue randomly select Tax Returns for an enquiry,
this means that they wish to ask some questions to support the
tax return but they are not permitted to write a letter nor to
telephone with their queries, they have to raise an official enquiry.
Rift is unique because we carry out thorough checks on the eligibility
of each client’s claim, our documentation has been developed in
consultation with the Inland Revenue and has been approved by
them. Thanks to Rift’s knowledge and excellent working relationship
with the Inland Revenue our ‘enquiry’ rate is less than 1%, in
comparison to some other companies working in this area, whose
enquiry rate can be as high as 50%.
Unlike some agents, if the Inland Revenue do decide to ask further
questions about your claim Rift will, for no further payment deal
with the Inland Revenue on your behalf.
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