Low Income Part Time work - Any way to have it paid gross?

real1314

If a 16 yr old in Full Time Education has a part time job (5hrs a shift, only ever going to be a max of 30 shifts a year) is there any way to have it paid without tax being deducted? At most it will come to £750 total pay and they have no other income.

I know they can claim the tax back as a refund at the end of the tax year, but thought it would be easier to have it paid gross? :cool:

CLAPTON

well, if the 16 year old has the correct tax code i.e. 747L then they will pay no tax over the year
depending upon the precise details they may pay a little tax occasionally but that will automatically be refunded in a later pay period

being 16 or a student has nothing to do with it however; it all depends upon earnings

chrismac1

Anything below these values and there is no requirement to operate a payroll system. Also, anything up to 139 per week and 602 per month has no NI or tax deducted providing the taxpayer has a code of 722L or above.

Savvy_Sue

So the question is, is this an actual 16 yo paying actual tax on this job? If so, what tax code is showing on his / her payslip? And did this 16 yo give the employer a P46 on starting? (Which the employer ought to have given them, but if they didn't, and look blankly at the 16 yo when they ask for one, search the HMRC site for it, download it, fill it in, and wait for the tax to be refunded.)

The 16 yo in question will learn a useful lesson: when you start a new job, you either give in a P45 (from your old job), or you ask for a P46. That way the employer can work out what tax to deduct.