son 16 being taxed to much help

charlearose

my son is a full time student at sixth form has a part time job for the past 6 weeks he is paid fortnightly and is on his wage slips it says br and he is being taxed and im sure that at his age and being a student he shouldnt be paying any tax ( if im wrong apologies)

what dose he have to do to sort this out - he only work 8 hours a week at mcdonalds and should get around 32 somthing pounds a week so roughly 64 a fortnight be he is only getting 43 i think

dose he need to contact the tax man himself or is it down to his employer to sort this out or will it sort itself out in a few weeks
its his first job

thanks

CLAPTON

age and /or being a student has nothing to do with paying tax (it's the same rules for us all)

but low earning do

and he should be on a 647L tax code

when he started the job did he fill in a P46?

if not then he needs to fill in one ... speak to his employer

Mikeyorks

charlearose wrote: »

............he is paid fortnightly and is on his wage slips it says br ..................................its his first job

Code BR will result in 20% tax on everything he earns. He needs to get his employer to submit (he signs it) a P46 and tick Box 'A' to the effect this is his first job.
He should then go on to Code 647L and that will result in an automatic refund of any tax paid to date.

Provided his earnings remain under £6475 to April .... no tax will be due.

charlearose

Thanks for that guys

John_Pierpoint

.........but he might have to pay that other weekly tax called National Insurance:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/benefits/national_insurance_contributions_and_benefits.htm#when_do_you_have_to_pay_national_insurance_contributions

molerat

Not on £32 a week

P46 download here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/p46.pdf