Personal allowance advise?

banjax

Today I received a letter from HMRC explaining that I had underpaid 2.2k of Tax over the past 2 years.

I had worked for an IT company in a junior position where I was working shifts and office based. I was paying the basic rate of tax. I recently had to come out of work and am presently claiming incapacity benefit as my only source of income. I have a mortgage and a 3 year old.

What measures can I take to mitigate the financial pressure?

Are there any personal allowances that I am entitled to that I may be unaware of ?

Valli

have you checked?

do you have P45s P60s to hand?

can you post gross income, allowances etc

basically you will have been entitled to a personal allowance,each year, coding should have been something like 645L

we also need to know if you made any pension contributions etc

also we need to know the exact dates of things, when you started, when you finished etc

Mikeyorks

Valli wrote: »

we also need to know if you made any pension contributions etc

........... or had any benefits from your employer such as medical insurance / car allowance etc?

zygurat789

banjax wrote: »

Today I received a letter from HMRC explaining that I had underpaid 2.2k of Tax over the past 2 years.

What was their explanation?

chrismac1

Rule number 1 - accept nothing HMRC tell you as being true until proven beyond reasonable doubt. Reason - they are a shambles! I'd like to see them in the Boardroom with Alan Sugar!