Tax rebate

chelseasjm

Hello everyone, last tax year I only earnt just over half of my personal tax allowance paye. I paid 279 in tax, i contacted HMRC by phone told to come back on the 6th April to claim my tax back i paid. Did this but nothing there I have checked my earnings its all there. I contacted them again and was told to wait until the 28th April, now I have been told to wait between may and october its all conflicting, the first person agreed they owed me the tax back help appreciated

MattMattMattUK

chelseasjm said:

Hello everyone, last tax year I only earnt just over half of my personal tax allowance paye. I paid 279 in tax, i contacted HMRC by phone told to come back on the 6th April to claim my tax back i paid. Did this but nothing there I have checked my earnings its all there. I contacted them again and was told to wait until the 28th April, now I have been told to wait between may and october its all conflicting, the first person agreed they owed me the tax back help appreciated

HMRC will not be arguing about the fact that you are due a rebate, that will be obvious from the information on file, the issue will be the timescale to process rebates. If you are in PAYE employment this would normally be done via payroll, if you submit a self assessment the via that. Rebate cheques almost always take longer, you probably have the choice of waiting, or chasing them a lot whilst waiting, both of which will likely have exactly the same timescale for the rebate cheque. 

chelseasjm

Thanks for the reply, qite amazing that if you owed them there straight on your case yet the other way round different story

Dazed_and_C0nfused

chelseasjm said:

Thanks for the reply, qite amazing that if you owed them there straight on your case yet the other way round different story

If you owed tax for 2021:22 you would normally have to pay it by 31 January 2023

If a tax refund for 2021:22 is paid after 31 January 2023 HMRC have to add interest to it for late repayment.

You will only be sent a cheque of you fail to engage with HMRC's preferred repayment process i.e. they tell you how much refund is due and you go online and get it transferred to your bank account.

https://www.gov.uk/tax-overpayments-and-underpayments

Is there any reason you didn't follow the P50 process or sort out a cumulative tax code rather than wait until now?