Having two jobs - Help understanding TAX

darrend2812

Hi all,
With HMRC phone lines closed to assist with the Job Retention Scheme I am hoping someone here can help me understand tax when having two jobs.
I will be on Furlough leave for 1 month and been offered a job in a supermarket temporarily (zero hour contract).
My question is how much TAX will i be paying having two jobs? I am a complete amateur at understanding this so forgive me. 
Current salary is just under £31,000 per year. Would I be placed on Emergency Tax ? 

Thanks all

General_Grant

Not Emergency Tax as that would give you your tax-free allowance.  You would complete a new starter form for the supermarket job and they would deduct a straight 20% off your pay as your tax-free allowance would be used up with your furloughed pay.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

As General_Grant says "emergency tax" would be wrong and you would end up owing HMRC.

You need to make sure you are on a BR (basic rate) tax code with your new job.  You do this by ticking/signing statement C on the new starter form your new employer should provide you with.

Comms69

Tax is actually simple - it's NI that gets complicated!

Tax = Your gross annual earnings - £12500 = X
X * 0.2 - it's unlikely you'd move up to higher rate tax, so that should keep it relatively simple. 

In your case as has been said you will simply pay 20% on the whole amount you get at the supermarket.