Employer asking Money back including the Tax deducted at source as "Overpayment"

macgyver

Hi there,

I dont know whether it is the right place to post or not.Moderators, Kindly move if need be.

My wife works for NHS and she recently moved to Part Time from Full-Time in the same Job in March. This meant that she moved from a higher tax bracket to Lower tax bracket.

Now the Pay-roll are saying that they accidently overpaid her by mistake on the Full-Time rate instead of Part-Time in March.
But the money they are asking back is much more than they have actually paid.
On speaking to them, they say that they are asking for the gross money which they have overpaid and the tax will adjusted later.
On the overpayment she has been made, the NI and the tax has already been cut at source at a Higher rate.

So what are the rights of my wife regarding this?
Should she be seeking legal advice?
Thanks

dori2o

the employer can ask for it back.

What your wife would need to do is ask the employer for a letter to confirm what has happened. Then write to the tax office requesting a repayment of overpaid tax and enclose her P60 and the letter from the employer. The revenue will then refund thetax that has been overpaid.

In reference to the NI, this is non returnable.