Unerpiad Tax - Rights

Zambo

Just got a HMRC claim, saying that I underpaid tax year 2010/11. During this year and the previous one I wrote 15 letters to various HMRC offices and made two visits to my local office to try and resolve queries.

In Oct 2010. I wrote and told them that I was going to over pay tax that year, gave them the current situation and an accurate forecast. They issued me with a new notice of coding in January 2011, which I took to be correct, but evidently they got it wrong which resulted in and underpayment.

I advised them the correct info, they screwed it, and took them nearly two years to find the error, so do I have a case to refuse to pay this?

antrobus

Zambo wrote: »

Just got a HMRC claim, saying that I underpaid tax year 2010/11. .....

In Oct 2010. I wrote and told them that I was going to over pay tax that year, gave them the current situation and an accurate forecast. ...

I'm reasonable certain that at least one of you is wrong. If you supply the numbers from your P60, P11D etc (assuming you're employed) some kind person should able to tell you which one it is.

somethingcorporate

Not sure! Just because an error was caused does not mean you should not have to repay any tax you were due to pay.