Tax on Interest

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ChrisMC_2
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Hi


The HMRC has sent me a revised tax code, saying I paid too little tax last year. This is due to untaxed interest. For me, this can only be down to savings, which is fine as I will owe them. The problem I have is even if I take all my savings, including ISAs (I know I shouldn't be taxed on these), and use the highest interest rate on my accounts I'm nowhere near the interest figure they are quoting. My money situation is quite simple, so I'm reasonably confident that I'm right. Ideally I'd like them to provide a breakdown of the untaxed interest figure they have. Can I do that or do I need to do something else? Any advice would be welcome.



Thank you


Chris

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  • Dazed_and_confused
    Dazed_and_confused Posts: 6,458 Forumite
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    You should be able to check it in five minutes tonight by looking at your Personal Tax Account on gov.uk.
  • ChrisMC_2
    ChrisMC_2 Posts: 23 Forumite
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    Thanks D&C. I did wonder about that, so I'll get an account set up and take a look. Thanks again
  • Dazed_and_confused
    Dazed_and_confused Posts: 6,458 Forumite
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    Can you supply a breakdown of the tax code?

    Is it definitely the interest amount you are looking at on your tax code or a reduction to collect the tax due?

    This would be much higher due to how PAYE works i.e. £250 owed would typically result in a reduction of £1,250 for a basic rate payer.

    A reduction of £1,250 means your employer would collect an additional £250 in tax (£1,250 x 20%).
  • ChrisMC_2
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    Hi


    Thanks for checking, really appreciated. The figure I'm seeing is definitely what they believe I earned from savings interest. They add this to my taxable income (just salary in my case) and then start doing the usual tax calculation to work out how much tax I should have paid compared to what I did pay (via my P60). Interestingly I picked up another thread [RG2015, 8th Jan 19 at 4:24 PM] which suggests the HMRC have duplicated some people's entries and included ISAs. I will check though.


    Thanks for your help and diligence


    Chris
  • badmemory
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    ChrisMC wrote: »

    Interestingly I picked up another thread [RG2015, 8th Jan 19 at 4:24 PM] which suggests the HMRC have duplicated some people's entries and included ISAs. I will check though.


    Or frankly just plain got it wrong. They had my interest as just a third of what it should have been. There are going to be a lot of people caught out by this if they don't check HMRCs figures. What worries me are the penalties they are going to be charging people who have been foolish enough to take HMRCs word for the too low figures. HMRC will not accept any responsibility for their errors & will blame all the banks or individuals.


    The way they are going HMRC are going to be "earning" more in penalties than in tax.
  • Dazed_and_confused
    Dazed_and_confused Posts: 6,458 Forumite
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    What worries me are the penalties they are going to be charging people who have been foolish enough to take HMRCs word for the too low figures.

    In what situation do you think penalties will be (or can be) charged?
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