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P800 from HMRC completely wrong
Hi, Looking for a bit of advice. I received a P800 from HMRC saying I owe them £4444 for the tax year 2007-2008. :mad: The letter detailed that I made £34000 in that year which is way higher than what I actually earned and said I only paid £1600 in tax for that year. Ive checked my P60 for that tax period it shows I paid…
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Tax Advice
My question is less to do with cutting tax, but I wasn't sure where to post:o I left the UK in February 2010 to travel the world, and returned in December. I have just landed a new job, hopefully starting on Monday:j I haven't earned anything since last April, so my income up until this April will be £8124.99 with a…
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Self assessment form - request to cease filing?
Hi there My husband began filing a self assessment form approx 6 years ago even though his only income was from FT employment so that he could claim the tax back on the difference the company paid him as a mileage expense and the amount HMRC say is the maximum you can claim. He was made redundant March 2009 so on his…
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Tax Underpayment - Incorrect info in letter
Hi all Apologies if this issue isn't new but I could really do with some advice. I've received a P800 saying that for the Tax Year 07/08 I 'had two employments at the same time and both employers were applying a PAYE code giving the full tax free allowances' and that therefore I need to pay them back £400. The information…
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Multiple cars in self employment - mileage allowance calculation
Hello! I am self-employed. I have been using one car in my business so far, however, I have now brought another car in the business. (FYI: Both cars are used for private and business so that total mileage is spread between two cars rather then amortising one car with lots of miles.) Question 1 I will be claiming the annual…
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self assessment help!
hi my husband registered as self employed on 1st april 2010 however he didn't start working as a taxi driver until 2 weeks later, we have clarifed with hmrc that he has no figures to put on his sa form but they said any other jobs must be put on there. he worked part time in a pub until jan/feb 2010 but we can't find his…
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Reclaiming Tax After 6 Years
I've paid regularly into PAYE. Recently, I reviewed the tax paid in the year ending April 2004 and realised I have overpayed tax by a significant sum. During this tax year, I finished work following maternity leave. A P45 was completed by my employer which was issued to the tax office. Has anyone faced a similar situation.…
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Council Tax - Liability Order
I wonder if anyone can help me with my situation. I recently, unexpectedly received a letter from Bristow & Sutor - a civil enforcement agent stating that I owe Coventry city council a sum of money for unpaid council tax for a property that I used to reside in 2 years ago. I rang up the council and explained that I left…
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Being taxed
Hey, Im in full time education and over the xmas period i have been a part time christmas temp. I worked for TJ Hughes and filled a P46 out to stop being taxed. They have now made me redundant and i finish completely on the 29th January. I also joined working at a post office part time on a saturday for 7 hours a week over…
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im not sure if my tax codes are right or not
not sure if im posting in the right place. ive tried using the tax calculator but i have two tax codes and get two p60s, one from my employer which is k40 cumulative my salary is £13066 a year. i also get my late husbands pension with a tax code of BR cumulative, no numbers after it, but i get £3454. i have gone from full…
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Advice needed - Tax underpayment
I'll try to be as brief as possible. I received an occupational pension in July 2007 and started a new job in Aug 2007. I spent some time in Sept and Oct 2007 that year trying to explain to 2 different tax offices what was going on and I was eventally told everything had been sorted out. I have just receicved a tax demand…
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Self-employed business mileage
is this correct? there are 2 ways to claim: also what exactly is classed as business mileage? i.e. employees cannot claim for travel to normal place of work but if a self-employed person agrees to provide services to a company for 1 month can they claim for travel to there? i.e. a computer systems teacher teaching a…
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Dividends from UK companies/tax return
Hello totally organised as usual with tax return -not!! Have got most of it done so not too bad. Just a query. I have some Standard Life shares. I was going to enter the dividend amount but clicked on the information button and said that an exception was if you are in a Share Incentive Plan whereby you buy more shares with…
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Self Assessment - New Business query
Hi all I have searched the web and HMRC's own info for the answer to this question but I have been unable to find one as yet so I'm hoping the raft of clever people on here may know?! I'm helping my brother do his tax return as I have done for the past few years. He has 2 rental properties and previous returns have only…
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Buying Something With Someone Else's Credit Card
I am a sole trader and am planning to purchase a computer for use with my business. I plan on buying it with one of my parent's credit cards and I will pay them back (I don't have a credit card). I live with them and work from home. Am I able to do this and still put this computer down as a business expense?
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Self employed - startup cost claim?
I set up as self employed in the last tax year. I registered as self employed once got going. Can i claim set up costs for things bought BEFORE that official date, which was somewhat arbitary anyway? If so, how far back can I go?
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Joint account tax question
When we sold out house without buying a new one in the last tax year I opened some savings accounts to put the money in. My wife is a high rate earner and I wasn't in that tax year. Stupidly I opened a joint account for some reason and although my wife has never had anything to do with the account from start to finish, now…
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Capital Gains Tax
Looking for some advice please. I have just found out that I have to pay CGT due to an estate agent undervaluing a property for probate. I have no idea why she did this and as I haven't ever dealt with anything like this before I didn't query it at the time. The property sold for an additional £45k some 6 months later so I…
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Income tax on joint property
Hi, New here and first question!!! My Father, My Wife and I are buying a property together. My wife and I have sold our house and my Father has sold his house and we are combining the proceeds to buy another house. My Father is putting more money towards the new house than we are. Will any of us be liable to income tax on…
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tax code change in april 2011
What does this actually mean for us? I know it means an extra £1000 tax free money, but what difference will we notice in our net pay? If there is already a thread on this, please feel free to point in right direction. I tried the search option but no luck TIA :D
