Am I due a tax rebate?

YKay

I started full time work in September 2017, and up until the 5th April 2018 I earned a total of £9,960.57. Within that time I paid a total amount of £648.80.

I heard that if you earn under a certain amount within a tax year, you shouldn't be paying any tax?

TadleyBaggie

It depends on what your personal allowance was for 2017/18.

Dazed_and_confused

Well unless the op had other income of which took them over the £100k threshold their Personal Allowance would have been £11500.

Op, if you had no other taxable income then you would be due the full £648.80 back but if you had other income which took you over the Personal Allowance then it may be different (depends on what type of income it is).

YKay

The only other income I got in that tax year was a top up of universal credit, around £160 per month, but that isn't taxable I don't think.

Well, that would be a nice suprise if it is true : ).

Dazed_and_confused

Correct, universal credit isn't taxable.

It is difficult to know people's circumstances on some of these threads i.e. I started full time work in September 2017 made me think you might have had a part time job prior to September which, depending on the amount of income, might have reduced your tax refund.

HMRC should autimatically refund you the tax overpaid sometime later this summer.

https://www.gov.uk/tax-overpayments-and-underpayments

You are also meant to tell DWP about your tax refund so they can claw back some of your UC payments.

Asghar

YKay wrote: »

I started full time work in September 2017, and up until the 5th April 2018 I earned a total of £9,960.57. Within that time I paid a total amount of £648.80.

I heard that if you earn under a certain amount within a tax year, you shouldn't be paying any tax?

Is that just income tax or does it include National Insurance as well?
National Insurance you will not get back.

TadleyBaggie

Dazed_and_confused wrote: »

Well unless the op had other income of which took them over the £100k threshold their Personal Allowance would have been £11500.

Yes unless they had some taxable benefit such as:

Medical Insurance
Company Car

Or underpaid tax from a previous year.

The OP was woefully short of information.

Dazed_and_confused

I think you are getting tax codes and the Personal Allowance mixed up

TadleyBaggie

I know the difference between the two. Their Personal Allowance would be the basis for their tax coding but may be adjusted due to the benefits I mentioned (there are others). Without knowing what their tax coding was for the year and how it was derived it is impossible to say if they are due a rebate. As I said, not enough information.

YKay

When I put my tax code in to the gov website it said L, which I think was tax free personal allowence.

Also, I know I said that I started the full time work in September 2017, but I didn't work any time before that from April 2017.

So the only work I have done from April 2017 - April 2018 is the work stated on my OP.

p00hsticks

YKay wrote: »

When I put my tax code in to the gov website it said L, which I think was tax free personal allowence.

Also, I know I said that I started the full time work in September 2017, but I didn't work any time before that from April 2017.

So the only work I have done from April 2017 - April 2018 is the work stated on my OP.

If your tax code was the standard one, you were getting paid via PAYE and your emplyer was aware that this was your first job then it's surprising that you had tax deducted in the first place.

Tax rebates usually arise from when people stop working in the middle of the tax year, not when they start. The PAYE system should ensure that your tax allowance from earlier months when you weren't working is taken into account when you start.

Are you sure you're talking about Income tax deductions and not National Insuarance ?