Tax on unpaid leave

georgeous87

Hi all,

I have asked my work if i can take 7 days unpaid leave in november. I am paid monthly on a salary basis.

Im now worried that they are going to deduct my days off after i have paid tax on my gross wage.. As this is what they have done in the past when i have had unpaid sick days.. (the deduction shows up in the deductions column on my payslip..

Is this right? If it is then surely im paying tax on days that i havent worked?

Please help!

pelirocco

Surely they will only be paying you the days you work , or are you salaried?

georgeous87

I am on a monthly salary, a yearly salary split over 12 months..

LadyMissA

georgeous87 wrote: »

Hi all,

I have asked my work if i can take 7 days unpaid leave in november. I am paid monthly on a salary basis.

Im now worried that they are going to deduct my days off after i have paid tax on my gross wage.. As this is what they have done in the past when i have had unpaid sick days.. (the deduction shows up in the deductions column on my payslip..

Is this right? If it is then surely im paying tax on days that i havent worked?

Please help!

They have deducted unpaid sick at NET or GROSS?

It should always be at GROSS so there is a less tax and ni deduction as you are not earning for the days not worked.

georgeous87

This might sound stupid but..

I have my payments column with my gross..

Then i have a deductions column with my tax and NI and any other deductions, this is where my sick pay is deducted..

So im guessing ive been getting deducted at NET havent i? And thats whats worrying me about this unpaid leave for 7 days asive got a feeling they will do it the same as my sick days..

Its wrong though isnt it?!

Thanks for your replies

LadyMissA

georgeous87 wrote: »

This might sound stupid but..

I have my payments column with my gross..

Then i have a deductions column with my tax and NI and any other deductions, this is where my sick pay is deducted..

So im guessing ive been getting deducted at NET havent i? And thats whats worrying me about this unpaid leave for 7 days asive got a feeling they will do it the same as my sick days..

Its wrong though isnt it?!

Thanks for your replies

Is the tax and ni the same as the month where you have had no deductions?

georgeous87

Yeah it is...

Its been the same every month when i have had an unpaid sick day..

LadyMissA

georgeous87 wrote: »

Yeah it is...

Its been the same every month when i have had an unpaid sick day..

Then I am guessing from what you have said here it is wrong.

Unpaid work is meant to be deucted at GROSS only things like season ticket loans are done after the NI and TAX have been deducted as they are taking that from the net salary they pay you, just like you would pay someone back from your salary.

I suggest you have a word with the payroll team at your work to see what they say.

georgeous87

Thats what i thought, but because ive only ever had one sick day at a time i never thought anything of it, until i tried to work out how much i would loose if i was to take to it as unpaid..

My boss isnt the most approachable of people but i guess if hes wrong hes wrong..

So it should definitely be deducted from my gross and not after my tax etc..

Would it not effect my yearly salary Or anything like that?

I guess they could start deducting my annual leave couldnt they? But then its only 7 days so i wouldnt have though it would make much difference..

Sorry for the long posts, ive been looking up on it all day and got nowhere!

Thanks again

LadyMissA

georgeous87 wrote: »

Thats what i thought, but because ive only ever had one sick day at a time i never thought anything of it, until i tried to work out how much i would loose if i was to take to it as unpaid..

My boss isnt the most approachable of people but i guess if hes wrong hes wrong..

So it should definitely be deducted from my gross and not after my tax etc..

Would it not effect my yearly salary Or anything like that?

I guess they could start deducting my annual leave couldnt they? But then its only 7 days so i wouldnt have though it would make much difference..

Sorry for the long posts, ive been looking up on it all day and got nowhere!

Thanks again

Oh yes you also need to know at what rate they are making the deductions?

Do you know you daily rate?

Does the boss do the payroll?

georgeous87

Well i think hes made the reduction at the rate of dividing my gross for the month by how many working days are in the month and then mulitplying that by how many days off i had..

I dont know what my daily rate is for definite.. I didnt even know how he worked it out until the other day.

Yeah he does..