P800 Refund - Method of Payment

I recently received notification of a pending refund which included a link to request this refund online. I went online well within the 21 days of the date shown on the letter to find that a check was already in the mail. The check arrived yesterday and was presented to my bank in the USA today. The bank recommendation is that I request HMRC cancel the check and request an online refund. Can this be done, making payment to a U.S. bank in US$?

Hi George Keane,

Once a cheque has been issued we can't issue a replacement by any other method. We can also only send repayments to UK bank accounts.

Thank you.

Can I be paid my refund into my bank account

I am owed a overpayment can this be put into my bank account

Hi David, As can be seen from the above response from HMRC Admin, refunds can only be made into UK bank accounts. As a USA resident, without a UK account, I had to nominate a person to receive the funds on my behalf and have them transfer the refund to me. This was done on the phone. A bit of advice if you live overseas, it is well worth setting your clock to call HMRC as soon as they open in the morning, otherwise the wait time could be quite lengthy.

Hi David Moore,
You will need to query this with our Income Tax Team.
Contact details here: 
Income Tax: general enquiries
Thank you. 

hello, i left UK last August and I requested the p800 tax check.. HMRC sent me a message on the 27 of September saying that I have paid too much tax and I'm due to a refund.. I didn't get any cheque yet and I'm very worried about that because are already 2 months gone. how can I get my cheque? could I get the refund straight to my bank account please? Looking forward to hearing from you soon please. thanks for the help

Hi Davide Solinas,
We would need to access your record to check on the refund.
You can contact HMRC here:
Technical support with HMRC online services
Thank you.