Is it normal to get a Tax Refund every year?

Wizzbang

I wonder if anyone can advise? My husband is a teacher and every year for the past 4-5 since he started this type of work, he has been getting a tax refund of £700-£800 every summer. I've never experienced this.

Could it be that he is on the wrong tax code or something? It says he is paying the basic rate. A teacher's salary is not large and it would be far nicer if we weren't losing this amount over the year and then waiting for it to be paid back.

Thanks

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

If his tax code is BR it means everything he earns through that employment is being taxed at 20%.

Does he have other income? If teaching was his sole job I would expect his refund to be more like £2k.

Wizzbang

No other income. It says tax chargeable on his income is £2259, amount to be refunded as overpaid this year is 796.20. I just don't understand why they can't get their calculations right in the first place?

zygurat789

Wizzbang wrote: »

No other income. It says tax chargeable on his income is £2259, amount to be refunded as overpaid this year is 796.20. I just don't understand why they can't get their calculations right in the first place?

Perhaps because you haven't given them the information to do that just as you haven't really given us the information to help you.
From the last P60 what was the gross pay, the gross taxable pay, the tax deducted and the tax code.

Wizzbang

That comes across as a rather rude comment!

I do not have my husband's P60 and I don't deal with his tax affairs! He is only employed by 1 school and pays tax using the PAYE system. He has no other job, never has and I am certain that they have all the info they need- it never changes, so why can't they they take the appropriate amount of tax off through PAYE? I don't have this problem and I have far more complicated tax affairs than he does!

zygurat789

Wizzbang wrote: »

That comes across as a rather rude comment!

I do not have my husband's P60 and I don't deal with his tax affairs! He is only employed by 1 school and pays tax using the PAYE system. He has no other job, never has and I am certain that they have all the info they need- it never changes, so why can't they they take the appropriate amount of tax off through PAYE? I don't have this problem and I have far more complicated tax affairs than he does!

Well it wasn't meant to be it was stating facts.
PAYE tax is all about the code number and it is the taxpayer's ie your responsibility to ensure that this is correct.
I have detailed the information required to help you without it we can't do anything.

Wizzbang

I understand that they need all the info, I have no reason to believe they don't or that his tax code is incorrect. Anyway, what does the average person know about tax? They write to tell you your tax code and you let payroll sort it all out. That's the advantage of being employed!

But as I have already stated- I am not the taxpayer in this instance!

zygurat789

Wizzbang wrote: »

I understand that they need all the info, I have no reason to believe they don't or that his tax code is incorrect. Anyway, what does the average person know about tax? They write to tell you your tax code and you let payroll sort it all out. That's the advantage of being employed!

But as I have already stated- I am not the taxpayer in this instance!

From your posts there is good reason to believe his tax code is incorrect or they have some incorrect information and you must be wondering to have come on here because it is not normal to have a tax refund every year.
HMRC write to tell you what your tax code is each year and how it is made up this is important financial information and you should make every effort to understand it. What does this letter say?
The average person should know at least that they are entitled to £10,600 this year tax free and this will mean a code number of 1060L . The spaces after the L and before the full stop are vital, the information may appear in the adjoining box on a payslip.

xylophone

As you have complex tax affairs, presumably you have a reasonable understanding of the tax coding system - if not, are you certain that your own tax affairs are in order?

If your husband has only one employment and no other taxable income, one would expect a tax code of 1060L.

He might try http://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php

https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/find-out-if-you-need-to-pay-income-tax


And have "they" (HMRC?) written (sent a Notice of Coding) to inform your husband of his tax code?

sheramber

Is the code number on the notice of coding the same one as on his payslip?

His employer may not be operating the correct code number

somethingcorporate

Evidently something isn't right otherwise he wouldn't be getting a refund every year.

You need to come back with the right info otherwise we can only second guess. Why not send your partner here so we can help them out rather than posting no info for us to help with and then getting shirty when people can't help without the info!?