On Job Seekers Allowance - missing tax refund

kpankhurst

Back in July I got my P45 from work after redundancy. It says I got paid £27399.80 during the year and paid £7944 in tax. Since then I have been on job seekers allowance and received from the DSS my P60U which says in the columns:

benefit for current claim: £1573
Pay £0
Taxable £1573
Pay and Taxable benefit £1573

Tax Deducted £0
Tax Refunded £0
Net tax Deducted £0

This is wrong, and doesn't include my pay from my job. What should I do?

They did take half of the P45 when I started signing on. Why is this missing from their refund?

What should I do?

Thanks,

Kevin

fengirl_2

You need to apply to your tax office for yur refund. Send then your orignal P60U from the Benefit Office together with parts 2 and 3 of the P45 with a covering letter explaining this was your only income for the year. Refund due is about £3356.

kpankhurst

fengirl wrote: »

You need to apply to your tax office for yur refund. Send then your orignal P60U from the Benefit Office together with parts 2 and 3 of the P45 with a covering letter explaining this was your only income for the year. Refund due is about £3356.

Thanks. Should I not contact the DSS and ask them why it is missing?

Also, I only have Part1A. The rest of the forms were kept by the DSS when I started signing on.

Should I contact the tax office in writting? Or should I fill out the online self-assessment?

Thanks for your help,

Kevin

fengirl_2

I wouldn't bother asking the DHSS as they work in mysterious ways and I expect they wont know. The important thing is that you havnt had the refund and now you have to sort it out.
Send a photocopy of the P45 part 1A with your claim (sorry I missed the bit about you handing in your P45).
You will need to write a letter to your tax office as I have described. On no account self assess or you will never get out of the system and its not necessary anyway.

kpankhurst

Thanks all. I will do that immediately on Monday. I would like the money soon and I worked out that it is actually arond £3650 I am owed.

In the meantime, if others have other helpful input, please contribute. I wonder how many people are in the same situation.