Student rebate questions - Any suggestions?

samuelpepys2

Hi Guys,

I have just left one period of employment. I was working in a bar part-time whilst studying, I worked there for over two years, having graduated and found other employment I am happy to have left but believe I may be entitled to a rebate. After an extremely lengthy attempt to get my P60 I am finally in a position to work out whether I can reclaim any tax (Very useful to a poor graduate!)
However my problem is that my P14 and P60 seem somewhat incomplete. For a start my P60 lists my dob as 1960, it really isnt!

But it also seems inaccurate in terms of figures-

My pay for the year up until April 5th is listed as £4878, and it says that I have had 0 tax deducted, in which case I have paid no tax, which can't be correct can it? ( I realise I am not over the £5,435 threshold)

National Insurance contributions are listed as follows-
Nic table letter - A
Earnings at the LEL 1914
Earnings above the LEL 286
Earnings above the ET 698
Employee's contrinutions 77.88

My Tax code is 522l which is the normal code for this tax year?

The other glaring ommision is that my National Insurance number is not filled in on the form!

My employer was not very organised I never recieved payslips or a contract, and as such have very scant info on what I have paid, I know now that I should have asked for these, though it was my first period of employment of this type, so I hope this post acts as a warning to other students seeking casual work whilst studying. MAKE SURE YOU GET PAYSLIPS AND A CONTRACT!
I realise I may not be entitled to a rebate but would love some advice as to whether this P60 info is correct. Any help would be gratefully received.

Also I am having problems claiming any sort of holiday pay from these employers, as they are claiming that as I was part time I am not entitled to any. But as far as I am aware it is part of UK employment law that even part-time workers are entitled to pro-rata holiday pay? So any advice on how to pursue this would be great too.

Anyway, like I said, students, heed my warning and make sure you are aware of how your relationship with your employer should be! But apart from this part-time work can be really helpful for students, and gives you a bunch of life experience which you might not otherwise get in the bubble of higher education!

Any feedback would be great.
Thanks

samuelpepys2

Haha, thanks for the introduction to the real world! I fear you may be right, has anyone else been in this situation before?

Mikeyorks

Surely you should know if you were paying tax or not? If you weren't - how can you be entitled to a refund? If you don't pay it ..... it can't be refunded!

And this :-

My pay for the year up until April 5th is listed as £4878, and it says that I have had 0 tax deducted, in which case I have paid no tax, which can't be correct can it? ( I realise I am not over the £5,435 threshold)

.... strongly implies you weren't paying any. As you say ..... you weren't above the threshold (£5225 for last year - not £5435) so that appears correct. If you're saying the gross pay is understated .... do you have any evidence to support that in e.g the fact you worked reasonably standard periods. Otherwise as jimmo says - the choice is Hobson's?

Bigdaddy

Hi

Try contacting a specialist service , student tax services offer free advice for this sort of thing www.studenttaxservices.org.uk

Good luck

Bigdaddy

Look out for tomorrow's budgets, students (and the low income taxpayers) may be winners if some of the pre budget report analysis is to be believed