Underpaid tax!!! Letter from inland revenue

Esoog

peanut_butter wrote: »

They wanted nearly £1,000 from me...

In the letter i got, their figures were well and truely incorrect, the only one that was correct was the amount of tax paid, they owe me over £2,000 its been 5 weeks now - and still no sign of the money after many complaints. One of the managers even admitted the mistake and could see that anyone reading the figures THEY HAVE its common sense that they are incorrect

And with a further 100 people from my job, it shows even more that its incorrect -

Yet , im still getting no where... Its as if they are dragging this out as long as possible -

Aren't they legally obliged to deal with refunds in a set time period?

peanut_butter

Well... They told me they keep changing the times over the past few weeks, now its 28 days turn around

They said it used to be 3 days, 5 days max - then had to change it to 2 weeks, now they have had to make it 28 days due to the amount of people complaining about the letters they sent out.

Nola_C

maddipops wrote: »

Ok so I was one of the unlucky ones who apparently hasnt paid enough tax for 08-09, apparently underpaid by £744.

The letter I've received doesnt talk about when they want the money back by, it simply tells me why i've underpaid.

Is this recoverable? was speaking to someone at work who said that in actual fact they've agreed not to pursue people for these underpayments.

It is strange that they've not put on the letter when they want the money by, I couldnt afford to pay it back anymore than £50 a month.

You should check to say if you have paid out on any other benefits that should not be taxed. e.g Childcare, pension or other items that may be classed as such

12al12

I recived a letter today saying i owe £651 pounds , i have only ever worked for 2 jobs and they both have been big companys and ive never had any sort of benifits. My tax has allways been paid for me by who ever ive worked for. So how do i get can this looked at to make sure its correct ? do i just post a letter back saying i want this looked at in more detail ?

Any idea what address i should post back to and what to put in the letter ?

Gertie_Walker

12al12 - you need to be a bit clearer on why you dont agree with the statement you have received. Can you let us know the year it relates to and give the figures as shown on the notice? Then also give us your pay and tax details and code number from your P60 for the same year? Someone can work it out for you.

Gertie_Walker

peanut butter - its a bit disengenuous to blame the delays on replying to taxpayer's mail when its HMRC mistakes which have lead to the increase in post!
Back in the day, before computers, HMRC staff had to clear post within 7 days, 14 days max - and it was usually done. Introduction of mad IT systems and getting rid of experienced staff to be replaced by poeple with 10 weeks' training has led to this confusion.

Horseunderwater

To anyone who gets these under or overpayment letters. First find all P60's for the relevant tax years mentioned and if you cannot find them any final wage slips for these years.
2nd add up all income from all sources that attract taxation. Pensions and any jobs and job seekers http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/taxable-income.htm#1 ESA/incapacity some forms are taxable some are not I seem to remember the link gives you full list. Once you have this total, deduct the personal allowance for that tax year from the total income and multiply it by correct rate. 2008/9 allowance was upped during year to 6035 tax free and the first £36k after removing 6035 from your income was at 20%, thereafter 40% for incomes higher than £36001. This will apply to majority of people. If you have other more complicated circumstances, then it may be worth using an on line tax calculator to try and make some sense of it all.

oaresome

I've just had a letter saying I underpaid £3500 for tax year 2008-09! I've been in a full time job at the same company since 2002 and in that year i was on just over 35k. I don't pay into a pension either - how on earth could they have gotten it so wrong! £3500!

Tarasam

oaresome wrote: »

I've just had a letter saying I underpaid £3500 for tax year 2008-09! I've been in a full time job at the same company since 2002 and in that year i was on just over 35k. I don't pay into a pension either - how on earth could they have gotten it so wrong! £3500!

With respect how do you know its wrong, it may be right. What tax code were you on?

System

oaresome wrote: »

I've just had a letter saying I underpaid £3500 for tax year 2008-09! I've been in a full time job at the same company since 2002 and in that year i was on just over 35k. I don't pay into a pension either - how on earth could they have gotten it so wrong! £3500!

The first thing to do is look at the figures at the very top of the calcualtion and decide if they are correct.
If they aren't it's easy to fix.
If they are then you need to ask how the underpayment occurred. IE did you have benefits in kind supplied by your employer upon which you should have been taxed, or did the tax code operated by your employer differ from that which HMRC issued for that year. HMRC should be able to tell you how the underpayment arose.