Tax code 1257L changed to BR

perfecto99
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Hi,
In my previous job I was on tax code 1257L, I left at the end of December 2022 and was paid for some unused holidays. I then received no salary in January, February. I started a new job at the beginning of March. I received my first pay at the end of March with the same 1257L tax code which included a £2000 signing on bonus. Since then my last two paychecks have been on code BR which is taxing me like I have no tax free allowance this year and reducing my monthly income by around 12% of the expect amount. Is this likely to be a temporary change or I will I continue to not have the standard £12k tax free allowance? My company pays an annual bonus in April every year which I would receive next year, can I expect this to continue indefinitely?
In my previous job I was on tax code 1257L, I left at the end of December 2022 and was paid for some unused holidays. I then received no salary in January, February. I started a new job at the beginning of March. I received my first pay at the end of March with the same 1257L tax code which included a £2000 signing on bonus. Since then my last two paychecks have been on code BR which is taxing me like I have no tax free allowance this year and reducing my monthly income by around 12% of the expect amount. Is this likely to be a temporary change or I will I continue to not have the standard £12k tax free allowance? My company pays an annual bonus in April every year which I would receive next year, can I expect this to continue indefinitely?
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You need to contact HMRC to get it sorted. Do you have access to your on line tax account ? If so what does that show for you employments, they likely have you down as both jobs.
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Has your previous employer notified HMRC that you ceased in employment with them?
Not being paid doesn't necessarily mean this has happened0 -
I'll definitely give them all call, my online portal only shows the one employer. Interesting my previous employer never send me a p60, for the new job I had to go online and get my tax summary/code to provide to my new employer myself. Thanks.
I think you could be right my previous employer didn't do what they were supposed to.0 -
perfecto99 said:I'll definitely give them all call, my online portal only shows the one employer. Interesting my previous employer never send me a p60, for the new job I had to go online and get my tax summary/code to provide to my new employer myself. Thanks.
I think you could be right my previous employer didn't do what they were supposed to.
I had the same trouble, but in my case they added both salaries together ( new and old job) and of course I paid a lot of extra tax at 40% until it was sorted out .0 -
You wouldn't get a P60 from your previous employer as you weren't under their employment on the 5th April, you should have had a P45 but it sounds like they havent marked you as a leaver with them & notified HMRC. Contact your former employer & ask for a P45, when they send it check to ensure the leave date is correct.0
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Sounds like your old employer hasn't let HMRC know that you've left0
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