You mentioned that HMRC had not credited some payments you made in 2024. I made a payment by cheque last month when in the UK and it has been credited. Even when I have sent a cheque from Japan, it has not taken more than a month or so to see the credit.
When I made a payment a couple of years ago to cover lots of back years, it took several months between the cheque clearing and the credit. Now I pay each year, it is weeks rather than months. They send me a payment slip and I return that with the cheque
You mentioned that HMRC had not credited some payments you made in 2024. I made a payment by cheque last month when in the UK and it has been credited. Even when I have sent a cheque from Japan, it has not taken more than a month or so to see the credit.
Weird. I called them a few times, and they said it could take '52 weeks or more' for the credits to show up in my account.
Might have to call them again. Ugh.
When I made a payment a couple of years ago to cover lots of back years, it took several months between the cheque clearing and the credit. Now I pay each year, it is weeks rather than months. They send me a payment slip and I return that with the cheque
Ah, this was backpayments. And they are completely swamped right now after that amnesty.