Help...'Nil tax' code advice...please!

tjh276m

Hi - I am around 3 weeks away from discharge of my bankruptcy. After going bankrupt (June 2010) and completing all the relevant forms I had no surplus income - so was not required to pay monthly towards my debts. However, a Nil Tax Code has been applied - I was notified of this by the Inland Revenue directly. I had changed jobs by this point (Sept 2010) plus I began to do some self-employed work too in August. I have paid tax to the revenue throughout this tax year as the nil rate has NOT been applied either my previous or new employers. I have to date received no paperwork regarding this from the Official Receivers, as a result I have several major questions;

1) Will this issue be resolved when I complete self-assessment forms?
2) If so how - will I receive a tax refund from the Revenue and then be required to pay the Official Receivers or will this go straight to the them?
3) Will I have to forward tax due to the Official Receiver on all income for the tax year or only income generated from the employer I was working for at the time of the bankruptcy?

Any advice would be much appreciated

debtinfo

Your post is confusing, first you say a Nil Tax Code has been applied, then you say the nil rate has NOT been applied, could you be a bit clearer

JCS1

Nil Tax Code onlys last for the current tax year or until your change employment. As you went BR in June and then changed jobs in September, I suspect your new employment meant the NT tax code was cancelled

tjh276m

debtinfo wrote: »

Your post is confusing, first you say a Nil Tax Code has been applied, then you say the nil rate has NOT been applied, could you be a bit clearer

Yep - here goes - I rec'd a letter from the revenue to say they had changed my tax code to NIL TAX - but I have not actually had any tax deducted from my income, by either my previous or current employer!

I have since had a letter from the revenue to state that my tax code would change - back to my usual code - as from the new tax year.

As I said before I have had no contact regarding this from the Official Receiver & am due to complete my self-assessment for 2009/10 tax year soon.

Hope this is a little clearer and you or anyone else can offer any advice.