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Tax rebate
Hello everyone, last tax year I only earnt just over half of my personal tax allowance paye. I paid 279 in tax, i contacted HMRC by phone told to come back on the 6th April to claim my tax back i paid. Did this but nothing there I have checked my earnings its all there. I contacted them again and was told to wait until the…
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Child benefit high earner
Hi there my husband earns around £60,000 a year - this all depends on overtime, bonuses etc but last year the amount he earned was around £60k a year. We still receive child benefit but I was under the impression that as we pay additional voluntary contributions to my husband's pension this would negate the charge? Can…
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Employed and Self-emplyed - NICs and Expenses
I am employed earning about 65k a year on which I am taxed through PAYE. I claim about 1500 in professional subscription expenses in this employment. In addition I have a small side-hustle which went over the trading allowance of £1000 last year for the first time (earning just over £2000). I have now registered for…
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Pension Tax refund delay
Hello all, I applied for a refund of tax paid on a small lump sum from a pension in November 2021, HMRC have told me today there is a massive backlog on refunds and could be some time before I receive mine. Just wondering if anyone else has had a long wait? It's less than £2000.
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£100 fine for putting "UK" instead of "GBR"
I am tax resident in France but liable to UK tax (self assessment) on rental income.For tax year 2020-21 I sent my tax return in in plenty of time and didn't hear anything for ages.Eventually, well after the filing deadline, I got a letter saying I hadn't given the (unspecified) required info.When I eventually got trhough…
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unexpected work deductions
I work part time and I do not fall into the tax or ni brackets...we were recently advised by our company that our pay dates were being moved by 1 week .To compensate for this my last payslip incorporated 3 weeks wages as I am normally paid fortnightly, when I checked I found that because of the increased amount for that…
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"you have paid too much tax. HMRC owes you.." letter - how can I claim my refund???
I recently applied for the tax rebate for working from home. I have now received a letter from HMRC stating "you have paid too much tax. HMRC owes you.." The letter suggests that I can claim the refund online at www.gov.uk/p800refund. I've googled www.gov.uk/p800refund and this website doesn't even exist! It just takes me…
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Bookkeeping - is tax an outgoing?
Hi, can anyone help by answering this question… I’m self employed, I do my own bookkeeping via excel for example: I have £1000 incoming each month i have £100 outgoing to the taxman each month do I record the tax as an outgoing? If I didn’t wouldn’t I be taxed twice?
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Child Benefit and adjusted net income
Hi all, I have tried to search this but there seems very mixed responses. The situation is as follows - my husband has just got a new job and annual gross salary is £60100. We have 2 children currently but due a third any moment. We currently claim child benefit and on his current salary we don't have to pay any tax back…
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complicated capital gains tax question
Hi, My mum bought a house for £120,000 in 2000. It was effectively two houses but with a connecting internal doorway. After a 6-12 months, she blocked off the connecting doorway and rented out the smaller house (3 beds) and lived in the bigger one (4 beds). She sold the one she lived in roughly ten years ago. She is now…
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Capital Gains Tax
Hi, I currently have 2 properties and intend to sell one of them but would like some advice in regards to Capital Gains Tax as to which one is the best one to sell.We have owned our main property since 1992, purchased for £105,000 and now worth £650,000We purchase a 2nd property in 2018 for £245,00 and now valued at…
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Online Personal Tax Accounts - only for NI residents
I have been told by https://twitter.com/HMRCcustomers that signing up for a UK personal tax account online is ONLY available for NI residents who have a driving license. After a Government Gateway ID has been issued, the next step in the process is to confirm your identity.The only option provided to to do this is to…
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Self assessment - HMRC wrong values
I entered my figures for the 2021/22 tax year into the HMRC site yesterday - I know it's very sad doing it on the first day of the tax year but I wanted to have an idea of how much I will owe later in the year. The SEISS value that HMRC has put in was what I was given for 2020/21 - apparently, HMRC now know about this but…
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Cohabiting Income Tax
My partner and I live together. She has a full time job and I receive an occupational pension and some benefits - I pay no tax. She seems to be under the impression that she is having to pay more tax because she lives with me. Unfortunately, her employer does not provide paper pay slips and she cannot log into the Sage…
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Working from home tax relief 2022/23 due to Covid
Will the tax relief scheme for working from home due to Covid continue for 2022/23? I have claimed for 2020/21 and 2021/22. My employer will eventually expect staff to work at least on a hybrid basis in the next month or so, but until then we are still expected to work from home.
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60% Tax Trap at 100K
Hi, I was reading up on ways to avoid or reduce impact of the so called "60% tax trap" where your personal allowance starts to be removed when your income gets to 100K. Obviously you can mitigate this by increasing pension contributions - that's clear. A couple of the sites I read recommended that you can mitigate this…
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National Insurance rise
I'm a little unclear about what the NI rise means for my handful of employees. I have one who earns £ 31,000 and his NI contribution increased today from £ 49.92 pw to £ 54.32, but I heard on the radio this morning that anyone earning less than 34k won't pay any more over the whole tax year. It was something to do with a…
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Higher rate tax band - advice
I'm due to start a new job soon which will push me into the higher rate tax band. There's a couple of things I've stumbled across recently that I didn't know previously, so was wondering if anyone else had any advice regarding tips, or things to be careful of? The two things I recently learned are: - I will need to…
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Council Tax Discount
If you sell your house on the 1st April 22 will you still get the £150 money back into your bank or do you have to talk to your council?
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Working from home tax relief
Hi Looking for some help with claiming tax relief and working from home. I was employed with employer 1 in March 2020 and started WFH. I was with them until Nov 2020 when I moved to another employer. I didn’t receive any WFH allowance from employer 1. Employer 2 paid a £13 per month allowance for WFH from Jan 2021 - Sept…
