online marriage allowance claim confusion

susanna1

I have manged to go online to make a claim fro present tax year 2024/25. However I only wanted to claim this year and not backdate. There was no option. I did not want to claim for backdated years. Will this be an issue or is it just how it works online. I managed to do  this prior to the cut off for 2024/25. I also managed to cancel the claim so it doesnt go on into 2025/6. 

Dazed_and_C0nfused

susanna1 said:

I have manged to go online to make a claim fro present tax year 2024/25. However I only wanted to claim this year and not backdate. There was no option. I did not want to claim for backdated years. Will this be an issue or is it just how it works online. I managed to do  this prior to the cut off for 2024/25. I also managed to cancel the claim so it doesnt go on into 2025/6. 

I would expect you to have been explicitly asked about the years you wish to apply for (you cannot "claim" Marriage Allowance, divorce courts would be inundated if you could!).

So if you haven't been asked about prior years then there shouldn't be an issue.

susanna1

no i wient online i had different options. there was no option for present year only. I had to click on present year and up to 4 previous ones option. There was no other way. Or did i miss clicking on something to bring up presnet year only. I cant get back into the screen to see if i could click and bring another section up. Ok so claim is wrong term but im sure you realise i "was making an application". Yes im hoping its a case of if its not meeting the criteria it will just void those other years being applicable 

Dazed_and_C0nfused

susanna1 said:

no i wient online i had different options. there was no option for present year only. I had to click on present year and up to 4 previous ones option. There was no other way. Or did i miss clicking on something to bring up presnet year only. I cant get back into the screen to see if i could click and bring another section up. Ok so claim is wrong term but im sure you realise i "was making an application". Yes im hoping its a case of if its not meeting the criteria it will just void those other years being applicable 

Anyone who isn't liable to higher rate tax (and is married/in civil partnership) meets the criteria.

So a couple both earning £25k are both eligible.

The person who applies is agreeing to have a reduced Personal Allowance.

If the other party could "claim" Marriage Allowance they could make their spouse/civil partner pay tax unnecessarily just to they got the £252 tax reducer.

Pollycat

Wrong board.
Move requested.