LOL, I know that, but I never hear them referred to as such, and therefore wanted to know if there was a difference between hand written ones, and ones like the one I have that was issued by the inland revenue.
But I guess a cheque is a cheque. Just need to know if I can cash it at postbank now.
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Cashing of UK cheques in Germany
Or how to pay one into a German bank account
have no pound sign on my keyboard, so sterling = pounds sterling / quids
Alt+0163 = £.
on a mac
lol, Just to clarify, I know that Sterling means UK pounds, but someone had mentioned something about a sterling cheque, and seeing as I had never heard this term before, I was just asking to clarify the situation.
lol, but thanks for the currency lesson.
lol, but thanks for the currency lesson.
Why not just mail it to the bank direct? No need to trouble your brother with doing it.
Living near Frankfurt airport, a GBP cheque that I send to my bank's HQ in London shows in my online account two days later . Post it Monday morning, in my account Wednesday morning - brilliant .
The other thing in respect of tax refunds is that, of course, HMRC usually offers to pay the money to a "nominee" and this can simply be your UK bank account. So you could ask them to do that - even easier assuming you don't need it locally immediately in Eur of course .
Living near Frankfurt airport, a GBP cheque that I send to my bank's HQ in London shows in my online account two days later . Post it Monday morning, in my account Wednesday morning - brilliant .
The other thing in respect of tax refunds is that, of course, HMRC usually offers to pay the money to a "nominee" and this can simply be your UK bank account. So you could ask them to do that - even easier assuming you don't need it locally immediately in Eur of course .
But is this still possible now that I have the cheque? Because if so, I'll just give them a call on Monday.
Yes, sorry, my reply is ambiguous.
In general, you can ask HMRC to pay to your bank. It was really just a point to note.
This time, now you have your cheque, go on with paying it in to your bank. Next time, it may be an option for you and / or easier to ask HMRC to pay your UK bank.
In general, you can ask HMRC to pay to your bank. It was really just a point to note.
This time, now you have your cheque, go on with paying it in to your bank. Next time, it may be an option for you and / or easier to ask HMRC to pay your UK bank.
Yep, just phoned them up, they said I would need to send the cheque back to them first. So I might as well send it to my brother. But i like the sound of sending it to my bank direct. What would I need to do, and what info would I need to include. I'm with Braclays, had any experience with them.
Just a standard letter, please credit this cheque to my account 12345 blah de blah.
Send it registered.
Send it registered.
Very cool, thanks very much
QUOTE (loquito @ Jun 21 2008, 5:03 pm) 
Yep, just phoned them up, they said I would need to send the cheque back to them first. So I might as well send it to my brother. But i like the sound of sending it to my bank direct. What would I need to do, and what info would I need to include. I'm with Braclays, had any experience with them.
definately send it by Einschreiben. I have had a lot of bad experiences sending stuff to english banks. I now get pretty much everything signed for.
QUOTE (Small Town Boy @ Jun 21 2008, 12:45 pm)
I've not come across a cheque with an address on it before, so I'm not really sure whether your British bank will accept it or not.
Well, I stand corrected; I've just noticed that the cheques I receive from a particular (British) company have my (German) address on them. I always pay them into my British bank account and have never had any problems.
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