Paying tax on unpaid leave

Emmamartin28

Hi I have had a lot of unpaid leave over the last year due to sickness. However on my wage slips the unpaid hours have been shown AFTER I’ve paid tax and NI on my gross monthly pay. To Clarify- my gross monthly pay- before deductions is approx £1790. My wage slips show I’m paying tax and NI on this amount every month and then in the same deductions column the amount of unpaid leave is then deducted. So it appears I’m paying tax and NI on money I haven’t earned or been paid. Is this correct and if it isn’t what can I do?

unforeseen

You are probably not. It's just the way their software prints the payslip. Compare your net pay with other payslips. Where you didn't have unpaid leave or had a different amount

chrisbur

To better understand what is happening can you provide following details of last two payslips.
Taxable gross, gross if different, tax paid, NI paid, tax code/basis, all other deductions with headings, net pay, taxable gross to date and tax paid to date,

theoretica

Compare the tax and NI amounts for months where you did and did not have unpaid leave. Are they the same?