P45 query

jorainbow1

I started a new job on 13th April this year so my P45 finishing date was 10th April 2015. My end pay was 1715 - not because I earned a phenomenal amount of money in 5 days (I wish!) but because my previous employer paid from 13th to 12th of a month on the 18th. I gave my new employer my P45 when I joined. I got paid up to 31/4 and was only taxed a tiny amount with a 1060LM1 code. My May salary had the same code but the tax was relatively correct for my income. However June salary (after prompting re the May tax code) my tax is double. If that's the case then that is fine however my current employer are blaming my previous for putting incorrect amounts in and of course I cant get through to HMRC. Is this simply a case of my current employers not applying my P45 whe they should have and now I'm playing catch up with tax? Any advice appreciated

chrisbur

jorainbow1 wrote: »

I started a new job on 13th April this year so my P45 finishing date was 10th April 2015. My end pay was 1715 - not because I earned a phenomenal amount of money in 5 days (I wish!) but because my previous employer paid from 13th to 12th of a month on the 18th. I gave my new employer my P45 when I joined. I got paid up to 31/4 and was only taxed a tiny amount with a 1060LM1 code. My May salary had the same code but the tax was relatively correct for my income. However June salary (after prompting re the May tax code) my tax is double. If that's the case then that is fine however my current employer are blaming my previous for putting incorrect amounts in and of course I cant get through to HMRC. Is this simply a case of my current employers not applying my P45 whe they should have and now I'm playing catch up with tax? Any advice appreciated

Probably a case of both employers making a payment and giving tax free allowance in the same tax month which results in you not paying enough tax, this is then corrected when the P45 is added by the new employer. But of course that is just a guess if you want a proper answer you have to give full details of P45 and the payments involved. From P45 1A the tax code, taxable gross and tax paid and from the payslips tax code and basis, month number or date paid, taxable gross, tax paid, taxable gross to date and tax paid to date.