P of A application issues

You can’t charge for your time if you have power of attorney, unless you are acting in a professional capacity. I don’t know why your husband thought he could. The reason he shouldn’t have taken it on is the distance involved.

I strongly advise against becoming a PLA . My husband agreed readily to take on this task for an elderly relative. It became very difficult as we lived many miles away and driving to London and arriving at a late hour to help out was difficult. This lasted for seven years. My husband was happy to attend to the relatives needs. She pleaded with him to keep her out of a home and he protected her assets. When she died unfortunately some relatives came crawling out from under a stone demanding that what he did was fraudulent by charging for food,and paying himself for his time,not allowed under the rules. Naive? Yes. He paid back what he owed. Now these so called relatives want to take him to court, they live around the corner from the deseased yet did nothing to help her. Don't take it on . Hire a solicitor then they will charge for every minute. Keep out. A warning.

I have completed the POA and my son living here and my daughter in UK are registered to assist in matters regarding health and welfare and for my financial affairs. They hold them but I have no copy for myself nor did I think to give the banks in UK a copy. So thank you for the heads up. I recall that when my husband died I hasd about 20 copies of his death certificate as I had to send one to companies he had held investments with. Many did not return the copies to me so I made sure I had some in reserve. Getting old is no joke!

Took 18 months for our POAs to be completed! Staff on their helpline are hopeless, that’s if you can get through. Was on hold for ages, only to be cut off more than once. Incorrect advice given. But with much persistence, forms finally came through. Good luck with it.

Once you have the registered PoA forms and submit the. To banks etc, they don’t know what to do with them!

The Tories hate civil servants because they tell them things they don't want to hear and which don't fit their loony Right preconceptions about the world and ordinary people. The Tories attack civil servants as a diversion from their own failings and in my opinion civil servants are increasingly reluctant to speak truth to power in case they get abused.

That's spooky. Another registered part has just this minute dropped through the letterbox. Two more to go.

Ours are taking ages too.
A few weeks ago I received 20 letters through the postbox all saying similar things. One about each of the 4 POAs (Health and Finance for 2 people) for all 3 of us as attorneys for each other and copies forums as donors. These could've been condensed into an email each.
We have now received one registered section and are waiting for the other 4.

The small state strikes again, IMO. This is the result of too few civil servants, badly trained plus inadequate computer systems. If we want efficient public services we have to employ more people etc.

It seems to me that all our public services are suffering from austerity!

What I fail to understand is where all the taxes go that have been collected. Apparently we pay more tax than ever before.