Paying tax on back dated pay

mrbrightside842

Hi,

I was recently given a pay increase and it was back dated by a few months from when my responsibilities at work had increased. I was given the payment on top of my salary on payday. As this made my pay look really high, I paid extra tax, pension and NI. Now that my pay has gone to what will be the 'normal' monthly payment, they haven't really increased much compared to my old wage. Do I just leave it and accept it as what I had to pay, or do I claim the tax back?

Thanks!

Darksparkle

Tax looks at your total income for the year and how much tax you've paid.

If too much you can ask for a rebate.

chrisbur

mrbrightside842 wrote: »

Hi,

I was recently given a pay increase and it was back dated by a few months from when my responsibilities at work had increased. I was given the payment on top of my salary on payday. As this made my pay look really high, I paid extra tax, pension and NI. Now that my pay has gone to what will be the 'normal' monthly payment, they haven't really increased much compared to my old wage. Do I just leave it and accept it as what I had to pay, or do I claim the tax back?

Thanks!

Impossible to comment really unless you give the actual figures.
Gross, tax, NI, gross to date, tax paid to date, tax code and week/month number, for payday before increase, payday when backpay received and payday after that.