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Cutting tax

Archives for March 2011

p11d section N or section M?
Hello experts, I am a service engineer and travel and stay away from home a lot. My employer gives me an allowance of £110 a night when I stay away to cover the cost of hotels and food. If I dont stay away I get an allowance of 7 pounds a day for lunch and £16.20 for evening meal if i work late. At the end of the year my…
losing my rag with tax code problems.
I started a new job in October last year and planning to keep the two jobs going so i filled in a p46 ands stated i had two jobs. After a month of being offered more hours from the new job and getting paid more i decided to leave the first position. I handed in my p45 but i have since been charged tax as though i have two…
Help with Mum's tax code
Can anyone help me please? My Mum (in her 70s)has had two letters from HMRC saying that her tax code is K425. They claim her state pension is £13003, but she actually gets around £11,800 in state pension and has a couple of small private pensions that, together with the state pension total just over £14000 per anum. I had…
Tax Question
This might be a completely stupid question :o I was unemployed for the best part of last year. I started working again in October and I've just realised that I didn't make the minimum threshold for taxing purposes in the 2010/2011 year. I'm on the basic taxic code of 647L. Does this mean I should get the money I've been…
Underpayment taken in one go, where do I stand?
Hello, Here's a break down of what has happened and hopefully someone can help. 2007-2008 - Overpaid tax by £600 2008-2009 - Underpaid by £200 2009-2010 - Underpaid by £480 My outstanding amount from 2008-2009 was taken directly from the £600 I overpaid, resulting in a £400 cheque to me. However, yesterday I noticed that…
Student tax? n00b question.
Hi guys, sorry if this is the wrong place to put this. Right, so I'm a student and I was employed over Christmas at Clintons as an Xmas Temp. I was contracted to a minimum of 8 hours per week, but tended to do at least 16, I worked for 5-6 weeks overall. So, I was taxed 20% each time, I understand that this is the norm?…
Window for reclaiming tax from savings?
Hi, how far back can I go to claim back tax deducted from savings? I think it's five years but would that mean that I can claim back as far as 2005-2006 or 2006-2007, before April 5th? Or has the deadline passed? Thanks.
Actions to take for interest received gross prior to revoking R85?
Hi all, I was chatting to a friend of mine. Basically the story is, she graduated from university on Jul 2010. There was a period of being unemployed while looking for jobs and she finally got her job in November. As soon as she got the job, she went to her bank to revoke her R85. At that time, she thought that was it.…
Tax Underpayment - How far back can they go?
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I've just received a P800 Tax Underpayment, however it is bizarre. One under-payment for £1263.20 in 2007/08. One under-payment for £3223.06 in 2009/10. It appears both times it is related to the car benefit not being deducted from the tax free amount, I have a company car. However, here in…
Tax free saving
Advice please. My 82 year old mother has an income of nearly £1500 a month. This is due to the fact that my late father invested wisely into private pensions (when they were worth something many years ago). She already has ISA's that are maxed out. She has £20K sat in the account of a well known building society that is…
Noob question >>
my friend did some shifts for me at work, but they couldn't pay him cause there's no overtime, so they paid me and I have to give him the money.... So he did : (3.75*7.63)*3 = 85.84 (7.63*1.5) *7 = 80.11 Total = 165.95 How do I work out what I was taxed/NI on that? Is the norm 20% tax on that and then what is NI? xx Tax =…
Due a tax rebate - when will it come through
Hi, just after a little advice really, my hubby is due a tax rebate through being on the wrong tax code and then paying emergency tax at a new job etc, he has sent all the information through to the tax office and then spoke to them at the end of last year. They agreed that he was due a rebate and that it would be sent at…
Car mileage reclaim
Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. I do alot of driving for work (im employed) and I've been told I can reclaim some tax relief on my mileage. I currently recieve £300 per month Car allowance (which i am taxed on) and recieve 20p per mile for every mile I do for my work. Last tax year i did 13984 miles for my company and…
Buying your own uniform
I am hoping to claim tax relief on the cost of buying uniforms for work, could anyone let me know if there is an amount I can claim for (as there is for washing uniform)? Can you claim for both within one letter to the tax office?
Council Tax - some help please
We live in a rural area and have 5 other properties near us which show up on the search for neighbours banding website. All of us have very comparable houses, but all are on a different band. Ours is the only property that has been sold since 1993 and is now 2 bands higher than the highest of the rest. My question is, does…
Council Tax.. for a replacement dwelling
We have almost finished building our new house... and the Council kindly downgraded us to the lowest band whilst the work was going on as we lived in the Summerhouse at foot of garden. Am I right in thinking that on completion - they can ONLY reinstate the ORIGINAL banding that the previous house was in.. Rather than…
Council tax on 2 properties
Hi I've recently taken up a job which will mean me working away from home during the week and renting a property Monday - Friday. Do I still have to pay full Council tax on both properties? Thanks
Under paid tax 2008-9 PAYE
Hi, Can anyone help? I received a tax demand for 2008-9 tax yer for approx £450 and was informed through a P800 letter in Oct 2010. I recently read about ESC A19 and called up HMI yesterday and tried to present my case. I said I've been an employee on PAYE throughout 2008-9 and when I changed employer in August 2008 HMI…
'Taxable Income' some more help please
Hello, I posted yesterday about putting a re-claim in for tax as I worked part of the year and then began teacher training. The income I have received in relation to teacher training is as follows: Mandatory Bursary Grant Maintenance Loan Do you know if these are classed as taxable or not? Thanks :T
Adjusted Council Tax
A close friend and her husband emigrated 2.5 years ago. They paid all their bills up to date, including what the council told her she owed for Council Tax. She gave my address as a correspondence address, so that I could scan and e-mail anything that arrived after they had gone, just to tidy up loose ends. So, 2.5 years…

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