Changing job mid way through tax year

Rossbarclay

Hi,

My wife has just recently changed job from a minimum wage job in retail earning under the personal tax allowance threshold, to a £27kpa job.

How will this affect her tax from now to April given a sudden change in wages? Her first payslip on her new job deducted zero tax. Is there a process to follow when this happens?

Thanks
Ross

chrisbur

Rossbarclay wrote: »

Hi,

My wife has just recently changed job from a minimum wage job in retail earning under the personal tax allowance threshold, to a £27kpa job.

How will this affect her tax from now to April given a sudden change in wages? Her first payslip on her new job deducted zero tax. Is there a process to follow when this happens?

Thanks
Ross

Old job should issue a P45. Part 1A is kept the rest given to new employer. This gives the new employer details of tax code and earnings/tax paid. The new employer uses these details to work out tax due at each payday.
If all has gone correctly sounds like the un-used tax allowance from old job has been enough to cover all the first wage in new job, but without details cannot say for certain.
If you want to give following from payslip can check....
taxable pay
taxable pay to date
tax paid to date (probably 0)
tax code/basis
previous pay (should agree with last payslip in old job)
previous tax (0 again I would assume)
week/month number