Reclaiming tax 11/12? Am I entitled?

CLAPTON

marliepanda wrote: »

Gross £6299.12
Tax paid: £636.00

Tax code 747L M1

And sorry jennifernil, I meant before, being daft

ah, facts always make the problem a lot easier

your problem is that your tax code was incorrect
instead of 747L M1 it should have been simply 747L without the M1
this is becasue the M1 means you didn't receive the benefit of the tax allowance for the first few months of the tax year

phone HMRC and explain the situation


what is your current tax code?

marliepanda

The M1 tax code is listed as my final tax code on the p60. I'm not sure of my current one as work has moved to online payslips and they aren't working properly.

What do I say when I ring HMRC? Just 'help'?

Why would I have been put on the M1 code?

CLAPTON

marliepanda wrote: »

The M1 tax code is listed as my final tax code on the p60. I'm not sure of my current one as work has moved to online payslips and they aren't working properly.

What do I say when I ring HMRC? Just 'help'?

Why would I have been put on the M1 code?

'help' would probably be OK but you might want to add:

- you think the tax you paid last tax year is incorrect.
- you think it is incorrect
because you had a tax code of 747L M1 which you think is incorrect

and then they will probably ask a few questions but be prepared to give them the information that I asked for in my earlier post but which you didn't respond to.


The reason your code was wrong was probably because you filled in a P46 incorrectly or you didn't fill one in atall or your employer made a mistake
but you will need to give a bit more info for me to be able to determine what went wrong.

marliepanda

CLAPTON wrote: »

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and then they will probably ask a few questions but be prepared to give them the information that I asked for in my earlier post but which you didn't respond to.


The reason your code was wrong was probably because you filled in a P46 incorrectly or you didn't fill one in atall or your employer made a mistake
but you will need to give a bit more info for me to be able to determine what went wrong.

Sorry to not respond, it wasn't intentional.

In April 2011 I was still on my PGCE course. I was receiving £400 a month but I have looked this up and it is classed as a tax free training bursary. I received three payments this tax year (April, May and June)

I technically did not finish my course until the end of July, so once I was no longer considered a student I applied for contribution JSA and received 2 payments of £90, and I started my new job at the end of August.

My earnings in this job have been £6299 gross, paying £636 tax in this employment. I was originally on emergency tax as I missed a section of the p46, but this was correctly filled in and submitted a few weeks into the job (was only on emergency tax for one paycheque I believe)

In fact I did one day of supply teaching work also, earning £80 and paying £16 tax on that

CLAPTON

the JSA, supply teaching and your main job are all potentially taxable

747L M1 is an emergency tax code

but speak to HMRC telling them of the JSA, the one day teaching and the main job; have any documents to hand although they should have all the facts on their computers


check your current taxcode when convenient: the standard code is 810L (with nothing like M1 after it)

marliepanda

CLAPTON wrote: »

the JSA, supply teaching and your main job are all potentially taxable

747L M1 is an emergency tax code

but speak to HMRC telling them of the JSA, the one day teaching and the main job; have any documents to hand although they should have all the facts on their computers


check your current taxcode when convenient: the standard code is 810L (with nothing like M1 after it)

Thank you very much for all your help. I have a p60 from both the supply work and my current job, so will have those to hand when I call HMRC.

Hopefully I will get some money back as before tax it all comes to much lower than £7000 Would be nice!
Thanks again!

*edit to add*

My tax code on my supply teaching job is listed as BR :S Not sure if that is relevant...

CLAPTON

marliepanda wrote: »

Thank you very much for all your help. I have a p60 from both the supply work and my current job, so will have those to hand when I call HMRC.

Hopefully I will get some money back as before tax it all comes to much lower than £7000 Would be nice!
Thanks again!

*edit to add*

My tax code on my supply teaching job is listed as BR :S Not sure if that is relevant...

BR mean you are taxed at 20% on everything; it should only be used if you have two jobs simultaneously.

marliepanda

CLAPTON wrote: »

BR mean you are taxed at 20% on everything; it should only be used if you have two jobs simultaneously.

As I was working at my current job whilst doing supply that makes sense.

Maybe I will get that sneaky £16 back if I am lucky

Thanks!