called the tax office about getting some taxes back, I was told to send my P forms along and then they'd get a cheque out to me. How long should this take and do you get your cheque and forms back together at the same time?
The quickest way to get your tax affairs sorted is to complete an on-line Self Assessment tax return as, by doing this, you cut out the entire tax office bureaucracy as you are, in effect, procesing your own tax return and cutting oyut the middleman.