New Job Pay and NI and Income Tax help needed

PrettyPenmanship

Hi hope I am posting in correct board. Just started a new job, gross pay is correct but tax is much higher than I thought it would be, based on calculator on here around £200 more! How do I check what I should be paying and how do I rectify if wrong tax code or something? Ask questions as I am not sure what info you would need? 52 year old female living on Scotland gross salary £23000 for starters

SiliconChip

You can't expect anybody to give you a precise answer with a complete lack of information. You need to give us the figures from the payslip in the new job and the figures from either your P45 or the final payslip of your old job. You should also give the relevant pay period - there is a reasonable chance that both the old and new pays have been for the same period so all or most of your personal allowance has been used up on the old one.

Marcon

PrettyPenmanship said:

Hi hope I am posting in correct board. Just started a new job, gross pay is correct but tax is much higher than I thought it would be, based on calculator on here around £200 more! How do I check what I should be paying and how do I rectify if wrong tax code or something? Ask questions as I am not sure what info you would need? 52 year old female living on Scotland gross salary £23000 for starters

Have you been/are you receiving benefits which may have been/are taxable?

Is your tax code correct?

Have you logged into/have you got an online personal tax account - if not, try https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account

Are you sure it is tax? I know that sounds a daft question, but more than one person has posted in this forum along the same lines, only to find that the deduction was actually a pension contribution or similar.

penners324

What tax code have they used? It'll be on the payslip 

How did you fill out the starters check list? If you stated you had more than 1 job then the code is likely BR. So all pay is getting taxed at 20%.

Only hmrc can change the tax code which will probably be in time for next month's pay

PrettyPenmanship

Tax code is S1257L I started as a temp in August then moved into a permanent role at the same place, prior to that I was long term unemployed mainly for health reasons (this is a job I can manage around my conditions) 

not sure what other info may be needed? There might be info on my temp pay slips not sure if I can still access the portal 

chrisbur

PrettyPenmanship said:

Tax code is S1257L I started as a temp in August then moved into a permanent role at the same place, prior to that I was long term unemployed mainly for health reasons (this is a job I can manage around my conditions) 

not sure what other info may be needed? There might be info on my temp pay slips not sure if I can still access the portal 

You say " tax is much higher than I thought it would be,"  so from this payslip where you feel you are over-taxed the following details....
Taxable gross
Tax paid
Tax code and basis eg X week/month 1 cumulative NC
Tax week/month or date of payment advising if weekly two weekly four weekly or monthly paid
Taxable gross to date
Tax paid to date
Any previous pay and tax details if so taxable to date and tax to date in this employment.

General_Grant

To add to the questions to you:
Have ;you had a P45 from the agency or are you technically still on their books?
Were you on Jobseekers Allowance when unemployed as that is taxable?  (also covered in chrisbur's final point above.)