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The Retirement Thread

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Sigh
Sigh
Dec 2023
12:04pm, 3 Dec 2023
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That's a good point, bigleggy. I've only read mine on a b&w Kindle device.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Dec 2023
12:14pm, 3 Dec 2023
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Lol, yeah photos on them b&w kindles aren't great :-)
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Dec 2023
12:23pm, 3 Dec 2023
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Result incoming.

I reported a while back an HMRC demand I had for over £1k. This related to an error I made in my self assessment back in 2017 where I was sent £900 in relation to tax relief on pension payments which I wasn’t due as these were salary sacrifice payments. The issue caused by the nature of the self assessment form having been changed from the year before.

At the time I wrote back to say I wasn’t due the money, hadn’t cashed the cheque and asked what to do. No reply.

Then in the summer of this year I had a demand for £1100 and interest was accruing. I wrote back and included a copy of my 2017 letter and the uncashed cheque. I tried to phone a few times but there is no chance of getting through. Periodic checks online showed the interest still racking up.

Today I checked and the balance is now shown as £0.00. I assume they have now dealt with my letter from august and sorted the mess out. Yay. No letter to confirm that though.

I had wondered what would happen if I retired and this wasn’t sorted and would they somehow take the money that I didn’t owe. That problem now resolved.

Good old HMRC.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
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HMRC tax calcs usually come out in the wash over a few years. Never had one last 6 years like that though Bazo. Glad it's resolved.

V jealous of all you retirees reading, tidying all sounds attractive. Just another couple years! Just another couple years. Repeat. Repeat. :-) G
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
Dec 2023
1:54pm, 3 Dec 2023
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But with a kindle I can’t show off my bookcase 😂😂😂 to people who don’t care anyway!
Nord SledRunner
Nord SledRunner
Dec 2023
2:26pm, 3 Dec 2023
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bigleggy wrote
…tablet for guitar practise etc, kindle for reading before bed.
Yeah, I use the forscore app for whistle and singing practice, on a normal-size ipad. I'm note so sure it would work on a Kindle, unless they have big ones these days. I have been tempted by a 13” ipad, but it's hard to justify simply to make scores more readable.
XBalidocious
XBalidocious
Dec 2023
2:29pm, 3 Dec 2023
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Kindle cookbooks work well enough on a tablet
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
Dec 2023
5:18pm, 3 Dec 2023
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Yes no books = nothing to do zoom calls in front of to try and pretend you’re intelligent/well read etc.
jda
jda
Dec 2023
6:43pm, 3 Dec 2023
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I do zoom in front of a giant (inherited) cheese plant. Came with the house and will stay with it!

I don't read dead tree books, basically ever. That primitive format doesn't have a search function or hyperlinks (though to be fair neither do scanned pdfs quite a lot of the time).
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
Dec 2023
8:19pm, 3 Dec 2023
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Ah but the ability to skim a book and find a part when you don’t know the search terms is far superior. I prefer paper charts in long distance planning to digital for the same reason.

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