Tax code change issue

Maver1ck69

I have a problem with my tax code. 

I was previously on 1288L for 2021-2022. 

This was including £312 on job expenses (I think this might have been costs from working from home). 

I wanted to add costs for working from home for the next year (2022-2023) and add some additional expenses (£116) to this tax year but I may have made a mistake on my application to change tax  code. 

I think I've ended up changing expenses for this tax year to £116 instead of adding it.  

They have recalculated my tax code to 1268L for 2021-2022 and also 1241L for 2022-2023 due to my change application. 

Can you help me as I think this is incorrect.  Would I have to apply for another change in tax code via HMRC?  I'm also not quite sure how to put down what my exact expenses are if working from home i.e. energy costs etc.  Can you offer advice on this please. 

molerat

What does your on line tax account show, it will clearly list additions and deductions from your code.

A phone call is usually the easiest way to sort out errors.

What is the £116 expenses for ?

Maver1ck69

molerat said:

What does your on line tax account show, it will clearly list additions and deductions from your code.

A phone call is usually the easiest way to sort out errors.

Underpayment from previous years: £61.13.

That's the problem though as this seems wrong given what I've said in the original post. 

Maver1ck69

molerat said:

What does your on line tax account show, it will clearly list additions and deductions from your code.

A phone call is usually the easiest way to sort out errors.

What is the £116 expenses for ?

The 116 was for my chair and desk.  However, I actually just wanted to make sure my working from home tax relief was being applied.  However the application asked about specific expenses so I put that in also. 

zagfles

You can't claim specific expenses for working at home plus the £6 a week. It's one or the other. Also you have to be "required" to work from home by your employer, if you have the option of going into the workplace to work you can't claim any expenses if you simply choose to work at home. The last 2 tax years were exceptions as most people were required to work at home by law at some point and HMRC allowed claims for the whole year, see https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2020/04/martin-lewis--working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus--claim-p6-wk-/