Marriage allowance

p00hsticks

Leewhite21 wrote: »

Yes sorry so what i mean is, is will i get a cheque for the amount?

Not necessarily. You say you've been given a new tax code. If your employer has the chance to apply your new tax code before the end of the tax year (on April 5th) you'll get it in your pay packet, as the new tax code will result in less tax being deducted.

If your pay between now and the end of the tax year isn't enough for the full allowance to be refunded or the tax code isn;t applied in time, I believe HMRC will pick this up when they reconcile the records at the end of the tax year and you would then get a cheque.

peachyprice

pphillips wrote: »

I could be wrong but I cant see HMRC backdating it to April 2016 if you weren't actually married until December.

That's exactly what they used to do with the married persons allowance years ago.

PatBorland63

Thanks to MSE my husband applied for this and I am going to get £432 backdated and an extra £220 tax relief this year! Happy bunny!! Thanks Martin!!!

reeree

Do you both have to be working claim this allowance

sheramber

No. The party who does not use all the personal allowance can transfer 10% to the other party as long as they do not pay tax at higher rate.

Note the transfer can only be between a married couple or those in a civl partnership. Just living together doesn't count

https://www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance