Tax code - Started employment two months ago

Carlm90

Hi all,

I started a new job in December 2010 and I was emergency taxed for the first month due to a late P45 being given to my employer. I was expecting the tax back the following month but this has not happened. I am now on tax code 647L M1. Is this correct? I am still trying to get my head around this but I'm sure that I'm owed emergency tax from the first month.

I'd rather try on here first before I speak to 10 chickens on the phone and get through to the government. :mad:

Thank you.

chrisbur

Tax code 647L Month 1 is an emergency code, I would guess that for the first month you were on BR code which is used if your employer cannot use an emergency code.

You first need to check what code was on your P45. Have a look at the part 1A which you should have kept. Is there an X in the box after your tax code and figures in part 8 but not in part 7, if this is the case then your P45 had an emergency code on it and your employer has correctly used it? If however there was no and it had figures in part 7 possibly part 8 as well, then it is a cumulative code and your employer has not used it.

Either way the tax office should have been advised that you are now working there and if on emergency they will issue a cumulative code with pay and tax details eventually.

If it is an emergency code on your P45 and you want to try and speed up the issuing of a cumulative code you would have to speak to the tax office; but if it is a cumulative code on your P45 you need to speak to your payroll dept. to see why it has not been used.

ncthomas1

Call HMRC and ask them to issue a notice of coding P2 to your payroll dept
Make sure you have your NI number and your Employers PAYE ref when you call and they will sort it
M1 is not the basic emergency code, that is BR (Basic Rate) which means you get taxed on everything. I think they have used M1 as they dont know what code to use so I would call HMRC and ask for P2 straight away

Mikeyorks

ncthomas1 wrote: »

Call HMRC and ask them to issue a notice of coding P2 to your payroll dept
M1 is not the basic emergency code, that is BR (Basic Rate) which means you get taxed on everything.

The P2 is an employee document. The P6 is the employer version.

There is only one 'emergency code' ....... and that's 647 ... can be cumulative or Month 1. 'BR' is a wholly different animal