Underpayment of tax on PAYE

talantyr

Dear all,

For the last two years I worked as a junior doctor in the NHS. My tax was calculate under PAYE by the hospital and deducted from my monthly salary. This April I moved to Japan as I have a new job there. I received a letter from HMRC saying my past employer (NHS) had placed me under the wrong tax code for my last year and I now owe £550 in underpayment. This came as an unpleasant surprise as it's quite a considerable sum that I hadn't saved for and wasn't due to an error on my part.

I'm an advocate for paying the tax that I should pay but is there anyway I can spread the payment out as I hadn't planned/saved for this?

Many thanks for your time,

James

CLAPTON

is the HMRC correct?

talantyr

I assume that they're correct. I'm afraid I'm very clueless when it comes to taxes as I only started working and paying taxes two years ago and this was calculated/paid through my employer (hospital NHS).

PlutoinCapricorn

The first step is to calculate how much tax you should have paid, to ensure that there really was a miscalculation. You could use an online checker or post the figures on here.

The next step is to discover how the mistake was made. The employers usually get the tax code from HMRC in the first place.

If it was your employer's fault, you may not have to pay.

CLAPTON

maybe if you gave us the facts then we could help


e.g.

what exactly have HMRC said to you

P60 for the relevant year