This is where you'll find tips on discovering what the taxman owes you and how to get it back. Plus, with an average refund of £3,000, we'll even throw in some hints on spending your reclaimed cash as well as how to make the most of your money!
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16th DECEMBER 2025
If you’ve ever worked and paid tax in the UK, there’s a good chance you could be owed some of it back. A tax rebate (also called a tax refund) is money HMRC gives you when you’ve paid too much tax. It’s your cash, and...
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27th FEBRUARY 2025
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13th JANUARY 2026
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06th JANUARY 2022
It may be the “most wonderful time of the year”, but every time it rolls around Christmas is costing us even more. As...
16th NOVEMBER 2021
There are lots of reasons why RIFT customers keep coming back to us year after year for their tax returns and refund...
05th AUGUST 2021
Armed Forces tax refunds can be complex and confusing if you’re not an expert. There are often complicated, multi-leg...
29th JULY 2021
If there’s one thing we can’t stand at RIFT, it’s watching money sit around wasted when it should be back in your wal...
09th JULY 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot about the way the UK thinks, lives and works over the last year. One of the b...
06th JULY 2021
Your tax code is one of the most important scraps of information to have on hand whenever you tackle HMRC. For one th...
22nd FEBRUARY 2021
Remember a year back, when we introduced you to Dave, the “statistically average” RIFT Tax Refunds customer? With a m...
10th FEBRUARY 2021
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