Son's (he is a student) tax code is 1070L - why?

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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.  :-)


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  • zagfles
    zagfles Posts: 20,323 Forumite
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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


  • kazwookie
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    Contact HMRC and ask them, he will need is nat ins number etc
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  • Dazed_and_C0nfused
    Dazed_and_C0nfused Posts: 13,461 Forumite
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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.
  • Dazed_and_C0nfused
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    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


  • Anthear
    Anthear Posts: 189 Forumite
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    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.
    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.  


  • Anthear
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    kazwookie said:
    Contact HMRC and ask them, he will need is nat ins number etc
    Easier said than done at the moment - it's a nightmare to get through!  You're on hold for what feels like forever....
  • sheramber
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    Phone a few minutes before the official opening time.  There is normally staff in who will answer.
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