Underpaid tax!!! Letter from inland revenue

Lincoln_Imp

Horseunderwater wrote: »

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.

Agree with that ,about 6 weeks ago i got a letter saying i owed them
500 quid (god knows how as have worked for the same company for 30 years)
The figures in the letter were all wrong and it was saying i had earned 10k more than i actually had ,luckily i still had p60 and end of year wage slip
It was also saying i had paid 2k more tax than i actually had done so i tried to get them to pay me it back ..no luck there

Surely they must check these figures against your p60 !!

Anyway 5 weeks later they now say i owe them 84p

docmartin55

I have just received a tax bill for £7400 for years 08/09 and 09/10. During that time I had 2 jobs and both employers were aware of each other; that being the case is it not the 2nd employers' responsibility to ensure they have informed HMRC so that the correct tax code can be applied to my salary? I was retired on ill health last year and now live on a NHS pension and a very small civil service pension; I am also disabled due to military service so receive a war pension and have a car on the mobility scheme. How am I supposed to repay any deficit?

jennifernil

Sorry to hear that, but I think it is your responsibility to ensure you pay the correct tax.

Presumably you were getting 2 personal allowances, did you not realise this?

docmartin55

No i didn't. Am writing to HMRC and sending as much information as I can regarding my current status.

Mikeyorks

docmartin55 wrote: »

No i didn't. Am writing to HMRC and sending as much information as I can regarding my current status.

An underpayment of £7400 is more than duplicated allowances. You must have been underpaying some at 40% to attract that level of underpayment over 2 years?