Tax and two jobs

Fiver29

Hope this is the right board, because I don't necessarily want to cut tax, just ensure I'm not paying too much.

I have two jobs, one which I've been doing for 18 months, which is only a few hours a week and I don't pay any tax or NI.

The second job (classed as a second job with the tax man) is 15 hours a week, and I'm paying 20% tax and no NI.

My question is, since when added together, neither job add up to my tax allowance, will I get a refund at the end of the tax year?

Meeper

Are you declaring all of the income and both jobs to HMRC?

Fiver29

Meeper wrote: »

Are you declaring all of the income and both jobs to HMRC?

Yes I am (well the employers are, both jobs are PAYE).

payless

yes you will get a refund- after time they may even split your personal allowance to avoid the deuction

Fiver29

Thanks Payless, that puts my mind at ease. I suppose it's a good way to save without being tempted to spend !

Lokolo

FYI you may be required to send off the P60s with a letter explaining rather than receiving a refund automatically.

You can always phone up your local tax office and ask for your allowance to be split though

CLAPTON

you need to phone the HMRC and ask them to divide your tax free allowance between the two jobs so you pay no tax on either job and get a refund for this tax year

if you paid tax in the last tax year you also need to ask them to recalculate your tax for last year; they probably will ask you to send in your P60s for last year..(make sure you keep copies of them).