Tax advice

amy606

Hi,

I've just got off the phone from the HMRC to try and sort my tax out and wondered if anyone on here can help me as its stressing me out. My P60 says i have paid around £50.00 in tax but i have had more stopped than that each month by my employer. And on my wage slips it looks like i'm under the personal allowance so its not showed up my stoppages. I just need some advice as to how to sort it my employer also when i first started paid me on a four weekly basis and didnt include some 5 week months its quite a mess

Mudd14

So you are saying you have paid more tax than this through your employer but they have not showed it on your payslip?

If it is not on your payslip where has it been deducted?

amy606

Im so confused about it all right i get paid £6 an hour i work 21 hours a week so its £126 a month when i first started i got paid for a four weekly which worked out at 505 and my employer stopped £100 but it doesnt show on my payslip as it looks as if im under the threshold for personal allowance. Its a bloody mess up to last month i was getting paid for four week months too so there is a few five week months were i have not been paid!

CLAPTON

perhaps you could post up the P60 figures

and
post up a typical payslip figures

what exactly do you mean that your payslip doesn't show 'stoppages' ..what sort of stoppages?

amy606

By stoppages i mean tax its not shown even though my employer stopped £100

I write down all weeks and hours i work so i can try and keep track of it as sometimes were not paid on time etc so its rather confusing.

My P60 says under the pay and tax details In this employment 2,545.16 and Tax is £42.00 (I was unemployed previously from March to Oct 2008) My tax code for the previous year is 603L

My usual working week is 21 hours at £6 working out at £126 a week

In November 1 got paid 405.20 on a four weekly basis. Also it was a five week month

In December i got paid £450 (50 bonus) on a four weekly again. But it
was a four week month

In January i got paid £570.52 but this included overtime. There is a
week missing here in pay

In February i got paid £405 as usual but then paid separate overtime of £70 although i think this is wrong

In March i got paid £470.52

In April it was £505. But there is a week missing

fengirl_2

There is no point in ringing HMRC as this is an issue between you and your employer - he deducts the tax and NIC, so only he can asnswer your query.

amy606

I was told by the accountant that any tax due back would be from hmrc but I did think with it being the employer it would come from him I just wanted to query it with tax office. Just need to try and work out how much i'm owed in tax and back pay and try and figure out how to broach the subject :huh:

System

Usually if you are monthly paid the employer does not take account of 4 or 5 week months. They would normally calculate your yearly salary and divide it by 12..........


£6 x 21hrs x 52 weeks = £6552 per year

£6552/12 = £546 per month before tax and national insurance are deducted

That's so your pay is consistant each month throughout the year. Overtime is usually paid in arrears.

If you disagree with the P60 figures then that's a matter between you and your employer. HMRC calculate refunds of tax based on the returns submitted by employers.

The accountant is correct about refunds for previous tax years being issued by HMRC. Your P60 is for the 2008/2009 year which ended on 5th April 09 so you have to ask HMRC to assess 08/09 to get your refund.

amy606

Hi from last month my pay was right as we sat and worked it over twelve months. But before that my boss paid on a four weekly and never included any five week months. When i phoned up she said to take it up with my employer as they only go off the p60! what do i have to do to get it sorted? I know this sounds stupid but i've written down all days/hours and overtime i've worked to try and calculate it myself but i am struggling to calculate it correctly. I know obviously for the missing weeks of pay I will have to get it from my employer

fengirl_2

As I have said above, this is between you and your employer. If you think your pay is wrong and that they have shown incorrect detials on your P60, you need to query this with your employer.

suso

As fengirl says it is an issue between you and your employer.

The P60 form is issued by your employer as a record of your pay and tax deducted for the tax year.

If you disagree with the figures you need to take it up with your employer to sort out.

At the end of the day if your payslips add up to different figures than your P60 and your employer will not listen to you, consult the CAB