Monday, April 23, 2007

I love the inland revenue

Dear Miss Black

Thank you for sending us your P60. A tax refund is due, and a cheque will follow shortly.

Oh come on!! Don't torment me! '... a cheque?' My mind is boggling, somewhere between a fiver and retirement to my own private island with slaveys to mix my cocktails.

12 comments:

Rad said...

I can remember many years back getting a rebate of around £270!!! I was 17. It went up in a big puff of smoke.

17 year olds shouldn't be given £270 in one go! :D

Annie said...

Rad, how fab. I disagree, 17 is the perfect age to get an unexpected £270, because us grown-ups only spend it on boring things like the council tax bill... burning it all up in a puff of smoke is much more satisfying.

Anonymous said...

Drinks all around then,

Annie said...

Are you taking bets? Your luck is in lately. First you get your iPod back, now this. I say £2500.

Billy said...

I got around £400 when I got my rebate a few years back. Can't remember what it got spent on.

Timbo said...

Yeah, I got a rebate of about £300 about 6 or 7 years ago. I want another one!

And my money is on, erm, £500.

Anonymous said...

A private island y'say?

the whales said...

A while ago they told me I owed them two grand. A bunch of letters and phone calls later it turned out I owed them about £2.40. And then it really turned out they owed me about £600. Still waiting!...

Annie said...

Adrian, get em while you can.

Annie - £2500? *faints*

Billy - £400 - hurrah! A satisfyingly round figure.

Timbo - ask them nicely, you never know.

Greavsie, more of an islet then maybe. You are invited, bring your grass skirt.

The Whales - you can't blame them, everyone finds those decimal point things tricky. I blame the teachers... What you need to do is find out someone's name in the office, then go on a charm offensive. Love-bomb them...

llewtrah said...

One of life's great lies: the cheque is in the post.

rockmother said...

ooh - I'll meet you at the nearest pub when it comes in then? As long as it covers three large buckets of Rose that will be fine. xx

Annie said...

Lletrah - nooo! That would be too cruel!

RoMo - pub pub pub! We need no tax rebate excuses for a bucket of rose! xxx