Wrong Tax Code?

MNM2903

I have been in the same job since June 2014 and i was on the correct tax code up until april this year when my tax code changed to 50l which allowed earnings of £500 before i was required to pay tax.

Im on a basic salary of 18k and i do earn uncapped comission aswell which varies each month.

I got the tax code changed anyway but they changed it to 906l which allows me to earn £9600. Everyone on my team seems to have a tax code of 1006l or similar allowing a tax free allowance of £10600 which i believe is correct.

Is there any reason why mines lower? am i missing something? i havent got or had a second job atall and as much as id like to speak to HMRC about it i work shifts and even on my half hour dinner cant get through to them?

TadleyBaggie

Any taxable benefits provided by your employer?

CLAPTON

MNM2903 wrote: »

I have been in the same job since June 2014 and i was on the correct tax code up until april this year when my tax code changed to 50l which allowed earnings of £500 before i was required to pay tax.

Im on a basic salary of 18k and i do earn uncapped comission aswell which varies each month.

I got the tax code changed anyway but they changed it to 906l which allows me to earn £9600. Everyone on my team seems to have a tax code of 1006l or similar allowing a tax free allowance of £10600 which i believe is correct.

Is there any reason why mines lower? am i missing something? i havent got or had a second job atall and as much as id like to speak to HMRC about it i work shifts and even on my half hour dinner cant get through to them?

if you owe no back tax
and you have no benefits in kind
then you ought to have a 10600 tax allowance i.e tax code 1060L

you should have received a notice of code change explaining why.

only HMRC can tell you

however you can query the taxcode online

https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/shortforms/form/P2

MNM2903

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

Any taxable benefits provided by your employer?

None atall, like i say everyone on my team seems to be on a 1006L Code.

MNM2903

CLAPTON wrote: »

if you owe no back tax
and you have no benefits in kind
then you ought to have a 10600 tax allowance i.e tax code 1060L

you should have received a notice of code change explaining why.

only HMRC can tell you

however you can query the taxcode online

https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/shortforms/form/P2

Yeah im going to ring them when im off work as i need a good hour or so to get through.

Ill check out that link also. Thanks

agrinnall

MNM2903 wrote: »

Yeah im going to ring them when im off work as i need a good hour or so to get through.

Ill check out that link also. Thanks

Ring them first thing in the morning, they officially open at 8 but you may get your call answered from 7:45. And if you are going to start quoting tax codes to them, make sure the numbers are correct as you've made several errors in this thread (e.g. 1006L code that you mention should be 1060L).

MNM2903

agrinnall wrote: »

Ring them first thing in the morning, they officially open at 8 but you may get your call answered from 7:45. And if you are going to start quoting tax codes to them, make sure the numbers are correct as you've made several errors in this thread (e.g. 1006L code that you mention should be 1060L).

yeah thats just me not having the numbers in front of me. Ill just make sure they have the right one for me as im sure my tax code should be different to the one im on. Thanks Agrinnall