Don't understand this underpayment.

cambermam

Hi I have a tax calculation here for 08-09 and they're saying i owe them £904.60 :mad::(:(:(

In 2008 I worked 30 hours on £6 per hour, until the end of January 2009 when I was made redundant and claimed income based JSA and partner moved in with me who was also claiming.

The sheet says:

PAYE Income: £7341. Tax Paid: £471
JSA Income: £7342. Tax Paid: £471
JSA Income: £584. Tax Paid: £0

This seems a lot of JSA for Feb - Apr 09??? Me and my ex were getting about £101 a week for both of us as a joint payment.

I don't understand at all.

So it says my income was £15268
Personal allowance £6035

Income tax is chargeable on this amount: £9233

Tax on £9233 is £1846.60

Tax Underpaid £904.60

:huh::huh::huh:

So is the underpayment from my time in employment or JSA? Was i on the wrong tax code or something? No matter how many times i read this letter it makes zero sense to me.

Gertie_Walker

They have obviously included your pay twice and described it as JSA the second time.
I think your income is more likely to be 7925, with tax due of 378 giving a refund of £93.00

Send the P800 back pointing out this error.

SusanC_2

cambermam wrote: »

PAYE Income: £7341. Tax Paid: £471
JSA Income: £7342. Tax Paid: £471
JSA Income: £584. Tax Paid: £0

There is no way you would have got that much JSA and given it's suspicious similarity to what you earned, it looks like a mistake on thier part. You should have a P45 and a P60(JSA) with the correct figures on so I would contact them to say the figures are incorrect.

cambermam

Ahhhhhhhhhh! Massive sigh of relief over here :wave:

Thank you both so much. I must admit to almost shatting my pants when i got that letter.

I will dig out the P45 and P60 and get a letter written, if they owe ME £93 i would be over the moon after this little scare

cambermam

Gertie_Walker wrote: »

They have obviously included your pay twice and described it as JSA the second time.
I think your income is more likely to be 7925, with tax due of 378 giving a refund of £93.00

Send the P800 back pointing out this error.

Still don't know how you knew this but i'm very impressed

I've just had a letter saying they owe me £93.19 :j

Thanks to all who responded

SusanC_2

Excellent news!