+1
To the "lazy buggers", I think the point here is that it doesn't require any less work on your part, even if you pay someone else to apply for the refund. You still have to fill in a form or hand over the information, to someone, so it doesn't really make any sense to pay a substantial % of your rebate unnecessarily...
I filled in a form in less than five minutes, it was just name address, pps number, and tick what you wanted to claim. The only other thing I had to do was get a printout of my medical expenses from my doc and chemist. Maybe it is as easy to do it online, but I looked online a few times and it looked more complicated, if I'm wrong I stand corrected. Anyway, I kept meaning to do it but didn't get round to it. Once I received the form to fill in the company I used phoned me to nudge me along, which I found helpful The way I look at it, its costing me a couple of hundred quid to get £2k back that I know I wouldn't have got otherwise. Your mileage may vary. I haven't told anyone else that this is the only way to do it, but at least two people on here, and three of my RL friends have found this information useful. One of my friends had no idea she could claim any of this stuff and would certainly not have done it off her own bat, so this is certainly a worthwhile service for some people. She rents, pays bin charges and has medical expenses, but is not an Irish native, so did not know these things were claimable If she gets a nice lump sum in these difficult times I will be delighted. I did tell her she could claim easily herself, but she said she wouldn't feel confident doing it herself Not everyone is confident or knowledgable enough to do this stuff!