They say my dad owes then £6000 !

Bella79

Hi all

Im after some basic advice or where to go to get it for my father, he has always been a employee never self emplyed 10 years at one company 16 years at another etc

He as always had his tax done through paye, However this year the tax office has sent him a tax return which he filled in and they are saying he has been on the wrong tax code and owes them £6000 :eek:

how can this be when his tax gets stoped automaticly ? my father doesnt have much money always had min/low waged jobs and is tottaly sick about this. Now hes getting letters with £100 fines on for late installment payments.

We dont know where to turn what to do, my dad cant really afford an accountant

Thankyou for any information

BoGoF

A bit more info needed

What was his tax code on the 2009-10 P60?

List all his income as shown on the Self Assessment calculation.

CLAPTON

maybe give us some facts?
maybe he filled in the tax form incorrectly

what are the P60 figures for the last few years... pay, tax and taxcode?

Bella79

ok i will get some more info from him and post back in a min

MrRedundant

We really need the information however the chances of someone on a low paid salary under paying 6k through PAYE is unlikely. Either the SA was done wrong; there are complicating factors such as benefits in kind or your father just didnt bother to do anything about vastly underpaying via PAYE.

6k tax underpayment is probably about 30k of salary not being PAYE/Taxed properly.

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

My guess is that the tax deducted under PAYE has not been entered on the return.

zygurat789

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush wrote: »

My guess is that the tax deducted under PAYE has not been entered on the return.

Does that mean that the new computer system which can find all the income you have received (sometimes twice over) cannot find the tax on the same income?
OMG

mustrum_ridcully

Why was he filling-in a SA tax return? Renting out a property? Income from shares/investments? CGT?

Reasons for needing to filling a tax return are listed here - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/Taxes/SelfAssessmentYourTaxReturn/DG_4017116

googler

For the period which HMRC says tax is due of £6,000, dig out all payslips, salary statements etc and work out what tax should have been due over that period for yourself.

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

zygurat789 wrote: »

Does that mean that the new computer system which can find all the income you have received (sometimes twice over) cannot find the tax on the same income?
OMG

No, it means the person completing a self-assessment return (note the word 'self') has forgotten to include it.

googler

Has he asked HMRC to state why they think £6,000 is owed....?

What conversations have taken place between him and HMRC?