MSE News: Have you been sent a wrong tax code by HMRC?

dzug1

miller wrote: »

Its worth saying that when I have rung up the tax office the staff are friendly and polite. I get the feeling they hate a lot of the systems as much as the public do.

What doesn't help them in my opinion is the patronising and officious way a lot of their written communications come across and in particular the "Tax doesn't have to be taxing" phrase.

Probably means they've been taken for suckers by an advertising agency:)

hunnycat

I got sent 2 letters with 2 different codes, one for a job i left over 2 years ago!! i have not phoned them yet but will be doing so this week.

Mikeyorks

_from_the_MSE_article wrote:

Many taxpayers with simple tax affairs on the 647L code are not sent a notice so have nothing to worry about.

I'm as simple as it gets ...... and I always get one! And as HMRC issue over 20M of them in the bulk issue Jan / Feb (25M projected this year) ..... I'm hardly alone.

John_Pierpoint

Are you sure you are not a higher rate tax candidate?

ariarnia

I phoned them up as I got made redundant in september and was then sent a letter telling me my new tax code was 20%.

Given when I was employed I was part time while at uni and was earning less than £3000 a year, that's a hell of a jump.

Nice lady amended the details immediately (apparently anyway) and was a bit confused as there was record of my p45 on the system so she couldn't see where they were getting their figures from to calculate my tax anyway.

Tigsteroonie

They managed (or mis-managed) to list my employment twice, so I got sent two tax codes, each for half an allowance (cf my thread here). I was worried but luckily they spotted the error immediately on me phoning, it was that obvious.

chivers1977

THanks for this. Having reviewed my tax code and P60, I think that I have overpaid by £90. Not much but worth having back in my pocket!

easy

Yep, I got a code referring to my job, reducing my allowances by 220. In the same post, a second envelope contained a code allowing my 220 allowances, to be operated by a different employer. An employer I have never heard of, let alone worked for, which turns out to be a recruitment agency in Glasgow.

When I rang to get it put right, I was on-hold for sooooooooo long, the battery in my cordless phone went dead just as I got thru to someone, so I had to go thru it all again the following day (grrrrrrrrr).

Eventually I have been sent a correct code. I'm cross because our money has been wasted in sending out sooooo many incorrect codes.

ScarletBea

miller wrote: »

Its worth saying that when I have rung up the tax office the staff are friendly and polite. I get the feeling they hate a lot of the systems as much as the public do.

Same here.
Called them this morning, was answered immediately, and they solved the issue right there and then.

minuettoallegretto

My OH got a tax code - but he's been on Jobseekers for the last 2 years! Phoned to check, and they "put it right" but he then got another 2 codes, in separate envelopes, sent on the same day! The only reason I could think of for him getting a code this year and not previously, is that he'll turn 60 in March 2011, which is in that tax year. Hopefully now sorted, but we're still left wondering...