PAYE confusion

Banda87

I hope someone can shed some light on this as I have been on hold with HMRC for about 7 hours over three separate days.

I was working as a volunteer overseas for a few years I returned to England in December and started working.

My tax code was 810L NONCU I have been paying between £400-600/month in tax which seemed like a lot.

Now the NONCU has vanished and my tax code is 944L.

I thought the tax code meant you could earn that much in a year before paying tax so I'm confused if I only just returned to the UK shouldn't I have been able to earn £8100 before I needed to pay tax?

CLAPTON

Banda87 wrote: »

I hope someone can shed some light on this as I have been on hold with HMRC for about 7 hours over three separate days.

I was working as a volunteer overseas for a few years I returned to England in December and started working.

My tax code was 810L NONCU I have been paying between £400-600/month in tax which seemed like a lot.

Now the NONCU has vanished and my tax code is 944L.

I thought the tax code meant you could earn that much in a year before paying tax so I'm confused if I only just returned to the UK shouldn't I have been able to earn £8100 before I needed to pay tax?

You are owed a tax refund for last tax year; the NONCU (non accumulative) means that you did not receive the full 8100 allowance.

this year it looks as if your tax code is correct.

best to phone HMRC first thing in the morning or in the evening and explain that you were on a noncum code and could you have the tax back

agrinnall

Have you received your P60 yet? If so, take a copy and sent it in to the tax office explaining your circunstances and they should send you the refund (someone else can hopefully say whether you need to send the original P60 or the copy).

Or you could register for Self Assessment and once you've received your UTR you can complete a tax return online and get the refund paid directly into your account a few days later.

System

You are more than likely due a refund of tax for 2012/13 and all you have to do is -
1. send your P60 to HMRC and ask for it back or
2. call them up. If they already have your P60 they can do it over the phone.

Do not bother registering for self-assessment (SA) because on the information you provided you do not fulfill the criteria. Also by the time you wait for an activation pin to come out to you in the post you could already have had your refund processed via the PAYE system.

agrinnall

Pam17 wrote: »

Do not bother registering for self-assessment (SA) because on the information you provided you do not fulfill the criteria. Also by the time you wait for an activation pin to come out to you in the post you could already have had your refund processed via the PAYE system.

What criteria are those then? I'm not aware of anything that would stop anyone at all registering for SA and completing a return every year if they want to.

In this case you may be right that sending in the P60 will be quicker, but if the OP wants a refund rather than for it to be repaid through PAYE then at the very least they'll have to wait for a cheque to be issued, wait for Royal Mail to deliver it, take it to the bank, and wait some more for it to clear.