Can somebody have a look at my wages for me?

lightisfading

I think I've been overtaxed this month, but not absolutely sure. I started a new job in september - so this isn't my first month's pay to be emergency taxed on. last month I got £800ish after tax but I don't have that payslip to compare against this month's (it never turned up... im chasing it!).

So this month:
933.34
lunch allowance 46.32 (payment for not getting a lunch break on certain days, like overtime??)
total credits 979.66

tax 211.65
NI 59.91
pension cont 18.67
total debits 290.23

total paid 689.43

(annual salary 11200, tax code 522l)

can anyone help ?

sdooley

That tax is 22% of salary so it looks like emergency tax to me.

But it depends on how much you have earned in previous jobs this tax year and whether you have already fully used up your basic rate band (which would be unusual as it is typically spread evenly through the year).

If you have been overtaxed, ask your employer to credit you in the next pay packet - this will always be quicker than applying to the Revenue for a refund.

lightisfading

At my previous job I was earning a very similar amount... usually £800 or thereabouts after tax.

thanks, anyway

jem16

lightisfading wrote: »

(annual salary 11200, tax code 522l)

can anyone help ?

Did your code have anything after it like Wk1 or Mth1?

If not 522L is the standard tax code - the emergency code would have either of the suffixes mentioned above.

You have paid more tax this month than would normally be expected on your monthly salary. However with a code of 522L and no suffix it is almost 99% probably correct.

Perhaps you paid less tax than you should have last month?

lightisfading

nope just 522l.
according to various different tax calculators the amount i took home last month was about right too (£784 after pension cont £19).
I'm pretty stumped too, as you said 522l is the right code , yet the amount is WAYY above what it should be (from the various sites, compared to other peoples etc ive done it should be around £90 tax.. instead it's £211?? my boyfriend got £1k after tax and still only paid £150!)

jem16

I think you need to ask your emplyer why you have paid more than double the amount of tax this month. If they can't give you an answer phone HMRC and ask them.

chrisbur

lightisfading wrote: »

I think I've been overtaxed this month, but not absolutely sure. I started a new job in september - so this isn't my first month's pay to be emergency taxed on. last month I got £800ish after tax but I don't have that payslip to compare against this month's (it never turned up... im chasing it!).

So this month:
933.34
lunch allowance 46.32 (payment for not getting a lunch break on certain days, like overtime??)
total credits 979.66

tax 211.65
NI 59.91
pension cont 18.67
total debits 290.23

total paid 689.43

(annual salary 11200, tax code 522l)

can anyone help ?

Hi

To check what is happening I would need to know your P45 figures from your last job, ( Gross, tax, tax code, tax basis, and week/month number.) and details of payslips recieved in your new job, including the tax month number, or if not known the date payment was made to you. Was September your first payment in your new job? As September payslip is missing does your last payslip have any gross tax figures to date on it?
One of the commenest causes of a sudden jump in tax like this is that an old employer makes a late payment and uses freepay that has also been given by a new employer. A P45 is then issued and when the new employer operates the P45 extra tax is taken to correct this.

System

lightisfading wrote: »

nope just 522l.
according to various different tax calculators the amount i took home last month was about right too (£784 after pension cont £19).
I'm pretty stumped too, as you said 522l is the right code , yet the amount is WAYY above what it should be (from the various sites, compared to other peoples etc ive done it should be around £90 tax.. instead it's £211?? my boyfriend got £1k after tax and still only paid £150!)

If the code is 522L then on your payslip should be your total taxable pay to date and total tax paid to date. If you could give us those then we could see if the year to date figures are correct. It might be than when the 522L was used for the first time your employer found that you hadn't paid enough tax previously according to the tax tables they have to abide by.

Hoddie_2

Would this sound familiar?

- Previous employer was using code 522L.
- You joined your new employer but couldn't give them the P45 as you still had a payment to come from your previous employer, so they asked you to complete a P46?
- Your new employer used the 522L week1/month1 (emergency) code which gave you some tax-free allowances for the month.
- However, your previous employer also paid you that month using the 522L code, and gave you those same allowances.
- Then you either handed your P45 in to the new employer, or HMRC informed them of the previous details.
- The very next time you were paid, this is when you've paid a lot of tax?

If this is familiar, it's just that you had your tax-free allowances twice at one period, and the extra tax is to correct this situation. It's quite common and should just be for the one month.

If it isn't familiar, then I'd suggest you post your pay-to-date and tax-to-date figures from each of your last 3 wage slips so we can double check.