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Son's (he is a student) tax code is 1070L - why?
Anthear
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I wondered if anyone had any ideas as to why my son, who is a student, has a tax code for this year of 1070L? Why doesn't he have a standard personal allowance. He doesn't have any investments etc that need tax paying on and his earnings from a part time job don't take him over his allowance, but puzzled as to why it is different...... he hasn't had a tax code notification from HMRC.
Just noticed that last tax year the codes used were 1077L and it changed in month 8 to 1063L, now it is 1070L.
Any ideas welcome. :-)
Just noticed that last tax year the codes used were 1077L and it changed in month 8 to 1063L, now it is 1070L.
Any ideas welcome. :-)
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Bank interest? Though it would have to be a lot of interest!He needs to register/logon to his tax account and check how the tax code is made up
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Contact HMRC and ask them, he will need is nat ins number etc
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You only lose some personal allowance if your adjusted net income is > £100k.
He will have a deduction for something in his code reducing his tax code allowances.
But unless he earns more than £10,709 it won't have any impact on him.0 -
he hasn't had a tax code notification from HMRC.
It looks like they wouldn't send one to him when there a change but no tax is going to be deducted
https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-guides/employment/how-do-i-check-my-coding-notice
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Hi - he earns about £3k a year - and yes, the change doesn't impact him at present, but curious as to why and HMRC are a complete nightmare to get through to. I'll ask him to register for the online service in the meantime.Dazed_and_C0nfused said:You only lose some personal allowance if your adjusted net income is > £100k.
He will have a deduction for something in his code reducing his tax code allowances.
But unless he earns more than £10,709 it won't have any impact on him.
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Phone a few minutes before the official opening time. There is normally staff in who will answer.2
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