When I started my current job a few years back, I started a Stakeholder pension. After a while I was informed that I needed to claim back the higher rate tax releif on my pension payments. The IR told me to fill in a standard tax return. This worked fine for 02-03 and 03-04. Earlier this year, the IR informed me that I didn't need to complete a full tax return just for my pension contributions, so they sent me a single page form to fill in. I just had to enter some details from my P60 and tell them my pension contributions. Sent the form in May and hadn't heard anything by July, so I phoned up. They acknowledged that the form had been received, but couldn't explain why it hadn't been dealt with.
Additional confusion-At the end of my 03-04 online tax return I was asked whether I wanted future payments as money or an adjustment to my tax code. I asked for the money since the figures would change during the year and I'd have to do a return anyway. They ignored this and informed me of an adjustment to my 05-06 tax code in Jan this year. Yesterday, I received a new tax code that now had the adjustment for pension tax relief removed. Phoned the IR today and was told that the change was because I had informed them that I hadn't made any pension contributions last year. I explained that my pension contribution was the only bit of information I HAD put on the form. They decided they had better try to find my form to see what was on it. Does anyone know what the code for this form is? I can see myself having to fill out another one.