Part time work, should i pay tax?

FORESTBRI

My daughter has finished school, age 16 and is going to college in September. she has managed to get a part time job with Next working upto 20 hrs a week.

She has just received her first pay slip and has paid tax, is this correct??

McKneff

Did she fill in a p46 when she started, if not she should do now.

It depends on how much she earns as to whether she pays tax or not but as she hasnt used her allowances up since April, she shouldnt be paying tax and it will be refunded through payroll once Next get her tax code from HMRC.

Working on a whole year, the way it works is

Allowance per year is £8105, divide that by 52. (weeks)
The product of that is what you can earn before paying tax.

HappyMJ

If she earns more than £146 (the primary threshold) in a week then she will pay 12% national insurance on the excess. She can't get that back.

If she earns more than £156 in a week then she will pay 20% income tax on the excess. She can get that back if in the year April 2011-April 2012 she earns less than £8,105.

McKneff

The OPs daughter has just received her 1st payslip in this tax year so I presume she has done no work in the year 2011-2012, probably at school.

Will she still be working there when she goes to College.

[Deleted User]

Seems like a BR code, seems payroll havent processed the P46 yet.

agrinnall

She could also investigate whether a P38(S) is applicable, which would mean paying no tax at all.

http://search2.hmrc.gov.uk/kb5/hmrc/forms/view.page?record=dul2K7lzMkw&formId=758