No Refund Tax Code C1131N

Rollingwaves1

Have started taking income from pension (no other income) the initial tax code on first payment was 1257L which has now changed to C1131N due to previously transferring some of personal tax allowance to my wife some time ago.
My wife retired 3 years ago & is a non tax payer so would not benefit from this.
HMRC have advised me that they cannot change the tax code back to 1257L until the start of the new financial year in 2025 (unless divorced or separated) so I will need to continue paying tax & they also advised that no tax refund can be made to recover tax paid in this instance? 
Any advice appreciated

eskbanker

If you cancel because of a change of income, the allowance will run until the end of the tax year (5 April).

If your relationship has ended, the change may be backdated to the start of the tax year (6 April).

This might mean you or your partner underpays tax for the year.

https://www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance/if-your-circumstances-change

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Rollingwaves1 said:

Have started taking income from pension (no other income) the initial tax code on first payment was 1257L which has now changed to C1131N due to previously transferring some of personal tax allowance to my wife some time ago.
My wife retired 3 years ago & is a non tax payer so would not benefit from this.
HMRC have advised me that they cannot change the tax code back to 1257L until the start of the new financial year in 2025 (unless divorced or separated) so I will need to continue paying tax & they also advised that no tax refund can be made to recover tax paid in this instance? 
Any advice appreciated

I think the moral of this story is you need to keep more up to date with your tax situation.

However, one option your wife has is for her to apply for Marriage Allowance herself.  There's nothing in the Marriage Allowance legislation which seems to prevent this.

This would not entitle you to the standard Personal Allowance, that would remain £11,310 for you.  But you would get a tax credit of £252 knocked off you tax liability.  Which for most people produces the same end outcome.

Rollingwaves1

Many thanks for your response , regarding  “No Tax Refund C1131N” & you are quite right in keeping tax records updated, unfortunately on this one it slipped my mind mainly as I retired 6 years ago when I transferred tax over to her as she was still working & then 3 years later my wife also retired so should have actioned it then. We are both non tax payers (wife draws no income) 
I was mostly surprised that there is no way of recovering tax paid given that I need to keep paying it under this code until next year & neither of us are benefiting 
But Thanks again for your help, much appreciated