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Quick tax credits question

i have just started a new job,done a quick calculation on my new salary and i reckon i might just go over the 10,000 disregard,if i go over the disregard how is the payback calculated....i am not talking a lot over,maybee between 2 and 3 hundred pounds,i have called up and updated but was told i would be within the 10k so would be fine and my credits adjusted next year...just wondering how to work out pay back

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  • zagfles
    zagfles Posts: 21,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Chutzpah Haggler
    It's only the amount over the disregard that would reduce your tax credits. If you went 300 over ie £10,300 more than last year, your tax credits would reduce by no more than 41% of the 300 ie about 120.
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