Placement Year

savingstudent_2

Hello

I have just returned to University having taken a year out to work in industry. My placement began in June 2007 and therefore finished towards the end of June 2008. When I left the company I was given a P45. I subsequently went to work for a previous employer so gave them the P45 when I started work. As I only worked part-time over the summer, my gross income to date is still less than the personal allowance for this year (however, it is reasonably close). The amount of tax that I have paid is in the £hundreds.

Is it possible, that if I ask the employer who I worked for over the summer to give me a P45 (as I no longer work there), to can claim back this tax that I have paid? I phoned the tax office today and am being sent a P50. Could I fill this in stating the amount I have earnt during the summer (although I am not sure what this is) or would it be best to go down the P45 route?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

savingstudent

chriiiiiiiis

You have to go down the P45 route - HMRC cannot guess how much tax you paid over the summer.

savingstudent_2

Thanks for the replies so far.

In reply to jimmo - As I am in my final year things are pretty busy now and I don't really expect to work that much/at all at Christmas. If it means getting £hundreds back versus paying 20% tax on a small number of hours, I guess it would seem worthwhile (unless you earn a massive hourly rate that is!).

savingstudent_2

Ok, so I've now got meself (well it's on the way) a P45 from my employer. Does anyone now the best route to proceed? I've phoned the tax office and they said that I can only proceed if I am guaranteed NOT to work again this tax year. Which form do I need to fill out?

Thanks.