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Urgent. Check NOW if you can claim four tax rebates worth £100s or even £1,000s You've only till 5 April (TOMORROW) to max claims for marriage tax allowance, PPI tax & more With marriage tax allowance, tax on PPI claims, overpaid income tax and uniform tax rebates, you can only backdate reclaims for four tax years (as well as claiming for the current year). So with the new tax year starting on Thursday, you'll LOSE the ability to backdate claims as far as the 2018/19 tax year (so 6 Apr 2018 to 5 Apr 2019). Sort it NOW, as tomorrow (Wed 5 Apr) is your absolute last chance...
PS: Use or lose your £20,000 2022/23 ISA allowance. They're not right for everyone, but if you need tax-free ISA savings, you need to go now. See Cash ISAs for savers, Lifetime ISAs for first-time buyers and Junior ISAs for children. |
New. Top 3.5% easy-access savings - with fully unlimited withdrawals. App-only Tandem's 3.5% AER* account pays 3.15%, but hit the 'top-up' button after opening to add a 0.35% 12-mth bonus. Full details & more options in Top savings. On minimum wage? Check you're not being underpaid - 500,000 are. The UK's national minimum wages went up by at least 9.7% on Saturday, yet up to 500,000 are actually receiving less than they should. Check if you're affected (and feel free to share with anyone it's relevant to) in Are you underpaid? Extra 20% off already-reduced Nike, Ted Baker, Converse and more via code. MSE Blagged. Secret Sales sells high-street & designer stock at reduced prices. The code gets extra off. 2,000 codes available. Secret Sales One month left - grab unlimited 1% cashback for a year on almost all spending. Newbies opening the Chase current account* before Mon 1 May qualify for an uncapped 1% cashback on most spending for a year. After that, it'll be capped at £15/mth and you'll need to pay in £500+/mth to get it. Chase also offers a linked 3.1% saver account and the debit card's fee-free for overseas spending, making it a good all-rounder for rewards. Full info & options in Best bank accounts. TWO pairs of designer prescription specs from £25 delivered. MSE Blagged. Includes Aspire, Scout and more. See Glasses Direct. Ends Thu. Kärcher 20% off code - gets, for example, £84 window vac (normally £125). MSE Blagged. Valid on all home and garden products, including already-reduced items. Kärcher code Win! Government makes Economy 7 electricity pricing fairer after Martin's plea. Many Eco 7 users unfairly saw bills rise by 7% in Jan, even though the Energy Price Guarantee didn't change. Martin raised this with the Energy Secretary - and the Government's now changed its rules. Finally you can fix your energy bills - but should you? This and more in the new The Martin Lewis Podcast - listen through BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple and more. |
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April's hideous 17% mobile bill hikes have now kicked in, so... Grab 15GB data for just '£5/mth' - or supersize to 100GB for '£9/mth' - simply by switching Sim We've warned that mobile bills were facing double-digit percentage hikes this month - and if you're in contract, there's little you can do to avoid 'em. But if you're one of the NINE MILLION out of contract, check if you're massively overpaying. You may even be forking out for the old 'pay off your handset' contract rates, despite having already paid for the phone. If you're not in need of a new handset, switching to a new Sim-only deal can save £100s (the Sim is the chip in your phone that dictates your data, calls & texts allowance). Our Cheap Sim comparison has all the deals, here's a taster...
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New. iPhone 14 + unlimited data £37/mth - the cheapest we've seen. MSE Blagged. The latest smartphones aren't MoneySaving, but if you'll buy one anyway, at least do it the cheapest way. Newbies to the Three network can get a 128GB iPhone 14 on a 24-month contract with unlimited data, mins & texts for £37/mth, through Affordable Mobiles. Note: Three is responsible for the contract, Affordable Mobiles for the handset. Want a different handset or a Sim-only deal? See MSE's Cheap Mobile Finder tool. FREE Lego Easter egg toy. In selected The Entertainer stores this Saturday (8 April). Free Lego On prepay with British Gas? You'll now pay less for gas. All prepay energy users will pay no more for gas than those paying by direct debit from July - saving around £45/yr. But British Gas is cutting prices three months early. Tesco cuts Clubcard points at the forecourt. From 14 June, it'll change from one point per £2 to one point per two litres of fuel. This follows several other recent Clubcard & delivery shake-ups - see full details in our Tesco changes round-up. £74 Bondi Sands 10-piece self-tanning set £40, via code. MSE Blagged. 5,000 available. Bondi Sands 'I got a £600 refund as I'd been paying council tax for my student daughter - thanks MSE.' Our success of the week comes from Karen, who found she was eligible for one of many different council tax discounts: "I read your article on the 25% council tax discount you get if you only live with full-time students. I applied to my daughter's college to get proof she attended from 2020 to 2023, and sent this to my local authority. It's now refunding me over £600. Thank you so much for your help MSE." If we've helped you save (on this, or owt else), please send us your successes. Achoo! 180 hay fever tablets £4.79. 'Tis the season, so see our Cheap hay fever meds round-up. |
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THIS WEEK'S POLL Have you got an electric car? The push towards electric vehicles (EVs) is growing - with about 700,000 already on the road, and the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be banned by the end of 2030, more people will be considering going electric. Have you taken the plunge and bought an EV, or do you plan to in the future? Let us know in this week's poll. Most MoneySavers still carry wallets/purses rather than relying on a digital wallet. More than 10,000 people voted in last week's poll on whether you've ditched a physical wallet for a digital one - the answer was a resounding 'no', with 85% still holding a wallet. See full poll results. |
MONEY MORAL DILEMMA Should I share the cash I get selling the hand-me-downs my friend gave me? My friend gave me a big bag of clothes her daughter had outgrown. My daughter wore and loved them all, and has now outgrown them herself. My friend said she didn't want them back, so I'm planning on selling them. But should I give her half of the profits? She's not short of cash and doesn't use second-hand selling sites, so wouldn't see I was selling them. Enter the Money Moral Maze: Should I share the cash I get selling the hand-me-downs my friend gave me? | Suggest a Money Moral Dilemma |
MSE TEAM APPEARANCES (SUBJECTS TBC) Thu 6 Apr - BBC Radio Leicester, Mid-morning with Summaya Mughal, from 11.35am |
GETTING RID OF UNWANTED PRESENTS - TO REGIFT OR NOT TO REGIFT? That's all for this week, but before we go... our Forumites are discussing rewrapping unwanted gifts and pawning them off to someone else. One Forumite in particular is sick of getting body lotion sets, and removes items they don't use to pass them on. Another once rumbled a regifting boss, who gave them a cookbook... that had an inscription from the previous gifter. One family has even made a competition out of regifting, seeing how often the same present can be circulated around them before being shipped off to an unsuspecting friend. Tell us your thoughts on regifting in our To regift or not to regift forum thread. We hope you save some money, |
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