Underpaid Tax after discharge

FLOHENBEA

Hi, I’m hoping someone may be able to help with this one. I was discharged from bankruptcy 1st January 2020, and as declared bankrupt 1st January 2019 - I have received a letter from HMRC saying that I have underpaid tax in year 2918/2019 by £2300, I believe this may have something to do with the nil tax code I was on.

Have I missed something or done something wrong which means I now have a big tax bill to repay? I’m a little confused so any help would be great!

Thanks

bradders1983

Yes i had this as well with my tax code changing for 5 months to a zero one. Just contact them and inform them that you were made bankrupt, provide the documentation, and they will sort it.

They even sent me a £30 compo cheque without me even asking for it.

FLOHENBEA

Hopefully mine is as straightforward as yours was then, thanks for the reply.

bradders1983

With mine they annoyingly changed my tax code to try and claw it back, so I had a month paying too much tax, although was corrected by the month afterwards and I got the extra tax back then as well.  So it wasnt a "demand" as such, more a change of tax code notice.