how do I get my tax code changed to the correct code?

brstafford

It's come to light recently that I have been on the wrong tax code for a few years, I've been an employee for over 8 years on paye I have no company benefits and no reasons as to why my tax code should be different from anyone else within the company I work for,my employer told me to contact hmrc and get them to explain the difference, I did so and they told me I was on wrong tax code but they said it was down to my employer giving the wrong code,I am going round in circles my employer and hmrc both know I'm on wrong code but neither seem willing to do anything to change it to the correct code

xylophone

You could try this if you have a notice of coding for the upcoming tax year

https://www.gov.uk/reporting-your-tax-code-as-wrong

Otherwise, do you have your P60s for the past four years?

Do you have Notices of Coding for those years?

You are entitled to the standard single person's allowance for those years?

http://www.uktaxcalculators.co.uk/custom-tax-calculator.php

If having checked the above you think that you have underpaid/overpaid tax, write to HMRC enclosing copies of your P60s and ask them to sort it out

Pay As You Earn
HM Revenue and Customs
BX9 1AS
United Kingdom

CLAPTON

brstafford wrote: »

It's come to light recently that I have been on the wrong tax code for a few years, I've been an employee for over 8 years on paye I have no company benefits and no reasons as to why my tax code should be different from anyone else within the company I work for,my employer told me to contact hmrc and get them to explain the difference, I did so and they told me I was on wrong tax code but they said it was down to my employer giving the wrong code,I am going round in circles my employer and hmrc both know I'm on wrong code but neither seem willing to do anything to change it to the correct code

give us the facts




a phone call should be sufficient

mgdavid

brstafford wrote: »

..... they said it was down to my employer giving the wrong code,......

this is totally wrong - employers don't give tax codes. HMRC give tax codes to employers, who then apply it to the employee's payroll calculation.
It would be helpful if you compared the tax code on your Notice of Coding with the tax code on your payslips or P60, and tell us what they are.

brstafford

No I don't have any p60's since everything went to epay, when I moved address I informed my employer but I've only recently found out that my employer hasn't changed my address correctly the address they have changed it to doesn't exist so I don't know what has happened to the p60's if they were sent in the post,I and other employees have had difficulty accessing our epay I didn't think I would need to as I thought with being an employee there wouldn't be any problems with tax, I was self employed for about 20 years before I started working direct I didn't know it was my responsibility to inform hmrc of change of address I would have thought my employer would do that as they were the ones who dealt with hmrc

brstafford

I have phoned hmrc about this,twice, I spent about 90 minutes on the phone to them of which 70 minutes was spent in a queue,basically both times they said my code was wrong but no one is to blame for the wrong coding,as of today my tax code is still wrong according to hmrc but wether or not it will get changed I don't know

Caz3121

It is up to you to advise hmrc of your address details
How did you end your self employment with hmrc? did you receive any paperwork back
When you became an employee you would have either needed to hand in a P45 or complete a P46, on the P46 you identify whether you have any other employment so the correct tax code could have been generated
Is it possible that your tax code is assigned to your self employment and hence the PAYE code is for a second job? when did you last complete a self assessment?

brstafford

For the year 2013/14 my payslips say my tax code is 1004L yet hmrc say it should be 944L,at present my code is 1060L and hmrc say it should be 1012L,that's 10,000 tax free earnings plus £120 allowance for washing company clothes

brstafford

My self employment was all up to date when I became employed, bearing in mind I had about 6 years trouble free regarding tax codes it's only been the past fee years since things have gone wrong, at no time has hmrc or my employer told me it is my responsibility to notify hmrc of any change of address, how I am meant to know what to do if no one tells me?

brstafford

My last self assessment was 8 years ago I have no second job

chrisbur

brstafford wrote: »

For the year 2013/14 my payslips say my tax code is 1004L yet hmrc say it should be 944L,at present my code is 1060L and hmrc say it should be 1012L,that's 10,000 tax free earnings plus £120 allowance for washing company clothes

Your tax code is according to these figures giving you a tax figure of £96 a year underpayment of tax assuming you are paying tax only at 20% for the current year.
To know total undertaxing for period would need details of tax codes used for past years, and what your tax band is.
Obviously this could be a few hundred pounds owed if it goes back several years.

I would be inclined to send a letter to tax office explaining the situation and advising that you have phoned twice and ask how they plan to correct this underpayment. If repayment would present you with any difficulties then explain this in the letter and ask for time to pay (cannot say whether they will agree or not but worth a try)
As to whose fault it is that will be difficult to tell especially if the error goes back several years. Problem is that each year a tax code is just automatically adjusted for the budget increase unless something happens to cause some extra change; so a wrong tax code can be carried forward for years.

Small point just noticed you say HMRC give 944L for last year this has no uplift for washing was the washing a new allowance? If not perhaps the person you spoke to just forgot to adjust for this.