filing on line

oneeye1

my wife started work last september as an employee not self employed.this is the first job she s had in this country for a long time.she asked me to set her up an online account for filing her taxes.the online regestration asks for a UTR will she have one of these as a cards in employee.

thanx

CLAPTON

if she is employed on PAYE and there are no special circumstances she has no need to file any tax info.


if her tax code is correct then she is paying the correct tax already.

oneeye1

CLAPTON wrote: »

if she is employed on PAYE and there are no special circumstances she has no need to file any tax info.


if her tax code is correct then she is paying the correct tax already.

ok thanks but i think she should be entitled to a rebate she only started in september and has paid tax from the off,she wont earn up to the threshold.if this is right how would she claim anything back.

thanx

agrinnall

If she had no income prior to starting the job then it sounds like her tax code is wrong, as she shouldn't have been paying tax from the start (unless she's earning mega-bucks!). So she really needs to get that sorted out first, perhaps if you tell us what the code is and what she earns we can advise.

Reclaiming overpaid tax is covered here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/overpaid-thro-job.htm

oneeye1

agrinnall wrote: »

If she had no income prior to starting the job then it sounds like her tax code is wrong, as she shouldn't have been paying tax from the start (unless she's earning mega-bucks!). So she really needs to get that sorted out first, perhaps if you tell us what the code is and what she earns we can advise.

Reclaiming overpaid tax is covered here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/overpaid-thro-job.htm

thanx ive been reading that.

she s on very little money and wont earn up to the tax threshold this year or even in a whole year of work but has been paying large amounts of tax each month.

i cant find one of her pay slips atm as she s out and i dont want to root thru her stuff

CLAPTON

oneeye1 wrote: »

thanx ive been reading that.

she s on very little money and wont earn up to the tax threshold this year or even in a whole year of work but has been paying large amounts of tax each month.

i cant find one of her pay slips atm as she s out and i dont want to root thru her stuff

assuming she had no previous job and didn't claim any JSA then her taxcode code ought to be
810L

if she has 810Lm1 or 810Wk1 or anything similar then her code is wrong.
also if she has BR then that's wrong too.

come back and post up her code when you have the details but do quote the full code including any letters or numbers after.

oneeye1

ok got one her tax code is BR thats all it says no number etc

to date she has earnt£4223.61 and paid 844.60 in tax
i think her salary is approx £8398 per annum

antonic

BR code means Basic Rate, which means she is being taxed at 20% on the whole of her wages.

Did she hand in P45 or P46 when she started ? - if she didnt this will account for the BR code.

Was she on benefits (JSA) before she started the job ? - if she was she needs to hand the P45 when she signed off, if she wasnt then she can write to HMRC here

HM Revenue & Customs
Pay As You Earn
PO Box 1970
Liverpool
L75 1WX

and make them aware of the situation, as her employer *should* only change here code on the instructions of HMRC.

oneeye1

No she didnt have a p45 as she was out of the country for ten years then a mother not working for a further 7 years. She hadnt claimed jsa.
Thanx for help

oneeye1

Ps can she phone or is it better to write

CLAPTON

It would be quicker to phone HMRC and explain she only has one job but is on BR tax code

probably best to do this first thing in the morning or evening