Reclaim tax from pension

bhamoggy

Back in April I cashed in a pension. 

Some of the tax is emergency tax I believe. 

I received a code from HMRC once I applied to reclaim it but the email said I should receive an answer in 15 days. 

That was about 8 weeks ago. 

Still not heard a thing. 

Can anyone advise please?

penners324

Check your personal tax account. 
Tax refunds are usually actioned in July by hmrc

molerat

Back in April I cashed in a pension. Some of the tax is emergency tax I believe.

That depends on what "cashed in" actually means, it could be taxed at BR or 1257LX depending on what actually happened.

Unfortunately anything that takes a HMRC human to look at is taking a very long time at the moment.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Which tax year it was paid in would be useful information.

bhamoggy

It was a private pension I cashed out this year in April. 

p00hsticks

bhamoggy said:

It was a private pension I cashed out this year in April. 

Exactly when in April ? 
A new tax year started on 6th April so the exact date will be significant. 

Dazed_and_C0nfused

bhamoggy said:

It was a private pension I cashed out this year in April. 

You said that in your original post.

The tax refund situation will depend on which tax year you were paid the pension.

1-5 April falls into the 2021:22 tax year

6-30 April falls into the 2022:23 tax year

Marcon

bhamoggy said:

Back in April I cashed in a pension. 

Some of the tax is emergency tax I believe. 

I received a code from HMRC once I applied to reclaim it but the email said I should receive an answer in 15 days. 

That was about 8 weeks ago. 

Still not heard a thing. 

Can anyone advise please?

Try https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-hmrc for an estimate of how a reply is likely to take (but bear in mind it could still be longer - or with luck sooner!).

bhamoggy

It was the 17th April 

xylophone

It was the 17th April 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/overpaid-pension-tax/

It appears that you have made the application and received an acknowledgement.

According to the above

Once you've sent the form you'll get the money back within 30 days.

HMRC running late?

bhamoggy

xylophone said:

It was the 17th April 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/overpaid-pension-tax/

It appears that you have made the application and received an acknowledgement.

According to the above

Once you've sent the form you'll get the money back within 30 days.

HMRC running late?

That’s what I’m hoping as I haven’t heard anything since.