[andy popp]

Nice one!

[Jaspersharpe]

Nice one Rich.

I might sound like a stuck record sometimes but EVERYONE should check their tax at the end of each tax year.

The errors that have been highlighted by the new PAYE system have been happening every year it's just they've not been flagged up unless the individual has contacted HMRC. If you work more than one job in a tax year or only work for part of that year there's a good chance that you will have paid too much tax. Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

It's very simple and only takes a few minutes. I've got people £££s back just by doing a quick check and making a phone call / writing a letter.

[BenF]

Just got a letter saying I am owed over £900 from being overly taxed 

Might just have to go to Bishop next year!

How the f*ck?  You don't do any work, surely you don't pay £900 in tax in a decade, let alone over the past year or so.  You jammy tw*t.  I hope you die in your sleep.   

[SA Chris]

Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

That's a point, does your tax code change when you have a sprog?

[BB]

Nice one Rich.

I might sound like a stuck record sometimes but EVERYONE should check their tax at the end of each tax year.

The errors that have been highlighted by the new PAYE system have been happening every year it's just they've not been flagged up unless the individual has contacted HMRC. If you work more than one job in a tax year or only work for part of that year there's a good chance that you will have paid too much tax. Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

It's very simple and only takes a few minutes. I've got people £££s back just by doing a quick check and making a phone call / writing a letter.

How do I get the ball rolling on this Jasper?

[slackline]

P60 from various employers if you've had multiple jobs within a given financial year.  Check that you've not been given your tax allowance multiple times by each of the employers (this has happened to my wife and she's now being told she owes HMRC money, however she has acted in good faith and will be putting in a letter/ form (ESC19 I think) to say that she has done so, and that the HMRC should therefore chase up her employers for the excess tax as its they who cocked it up).

If you only worked part of a year then you need to calculate how much in excess of your Personal Tax Allowance you have earnt and work out what tax you should have paid on that.  Chances are that your employer will have projected that you'll earn a full years worth at the rate they were paying you and will have therefore deducted too much tax.

Couple of useful articles at The Independent (/via Jasper) and The Guardian.

[chillax]

Just found out I'm soon to be officially "Chillax MSc". Am lobbying to have that put on the certificate 

[Jaspersharpe]

Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

That's a point, does your tax code change when you have a sprog?

Nope.

[Jaspersharpe]

Nice one Rich.

I might sound like a stuck record sometimes but EVERYONE should check their tax at the end of each tax year.

The errors that have been highlighted by the new PAYE system have been happening every year it's just they've not been flagged up unless the individual has contacted HMRC. If you work more than one job in a tax year or only work for part of that year there's a good chance that you will have paid too much tax. Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

It's very simple and only takes a few minutes. I've got people £££s back just by doing a quick check and making a phone call / writing a letter.

How do I get the ball rolling on this Jasper?

Basically what slackers said. If it's a simple case of working a few jobs or only part of the year then get the information from P60s / P45s, total the amount you've earned in the year and work out how much tax should have been deducted. If you didn't have any other income or benefits in kind etc then the calculation should be pretty simple. Check this against the total tax deducted on the P60s etc and you can see if you've paid too much or not.

If it's more complex then you ask me. 

[SA Chris]

Even if you only have one job, your tax code may still be wrong.

That's a point, does your tax code change when you have a sprog?

Nope.

Bugger.

[slackline]

Or lucky, it might have gone up resulted in you paying more tax to cover the health care and education of another person in your family. 

EDIT : Corrected for greater clarity.

[Jaspersharpe]

If your code goes up you pay less tax. #pedant 

EDIT : You don't get away with it that easily you dick.

[nik at work]

A weekend of good weather and the best YYFY we can come up with is a discussion about tax codes?? Awesome...

[slackline]

YYFY a brilliant weekend weather wise, pleasant Sunday spent at Burbage North despite the hoards (plus I started sorting my wife's tax out). 

[tomtom]

YYFY a brilliant weekend weather wise, pleasant Sunday spent at Burbage North despite the hoards (plus I started sorting my wife's tax out). 

 

Lots of metal detector folk out an about then? or people with lots of posessions piled up in boxes/cupboards at home??



Sorry - on a pedantic tea break... 

[tomtom]

A weekend of good weather and the best YYFY we can come up with is a discussion about tax codes?? Awesome...
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First 7A on lime on friday    Saline Drip.

[Steamboat Stello]

Non tax-related but YYFY, first E5 on grit (ok so its probably soft!), Strapadictomy. Pleasing and suprising in equal measures. 

[Jaspersharpe]

tomtom: I was going to congratulate you on more outpedanting of slackers but then you went and fucked up the quotes in your next post!

[tomtom]

tomtom: I was going to congratulate you on more outpedanting of slackers but then you went and fucked up the quotes in your next post!

ach... fucksticks...

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[Andy F]

Finally became an  Overnite Sensation today 

[neil h]

ok I dont normally blow my own trumpet, but managed to hit a big milestone today by climbing my 5th hundred problem in the forest above 7a, 

its all down hill from here

[lagerstarfish]

Does that mean that no one on UKC will argue about whether you have consolidated Font 7a

[andy_e]

Finally became an  Overnite Sensation today 

Finally! Now I can forget the time I fucked up how to use a gri-gri when you were looking good on it. Good work beast.

[GCW]

This evening's completion of SuperMario Bros pales in comparison.  Damn you Farnell.


Oh, and good effort too!!!!!

[neil h]

Does that mean that no one on UKC will argue about whether you have consolidated Font 7a

im sure someone will