Marriage tax allownce

If you applied then you cannot get a refund, you either pay the same tax or more.

Your spouse is the person who could get a refund but it entirely depends on which tax year(s) you applied for.

Can you confirm which year(s) you applied for?

If your husband applied then he cannot get a refund, you would be the one entitled to any refund.

Marriage Allowance only started from 2015:16 so unsure how he has applied for a year before it even existed!

Did you pay any tax in 2015:16 and 2016:17?

So you might be limited as to how much refund you are going to get (you cannot get more than the tax you've paid so for example if you only paid £100 in 2016:17 that is the maximum refund you could get for that year).

What isn't clear to be honest is why you haven't received this yet if your husband applied for these tax years back in July last year.

You'll probably have to bite the bullet and phone HMRC to sort it.

If you pay little tax and your spouse made the MAT application - on HIS behalf - then that suggests that he earns even less than you. So - on whose behalf was the application made?

This'll all make more sense if you recognise that you and your spouse are two, independent, tax-payers. When you do, you'll recognise how confusing a statement "We have got a new tax code" is to the rest of us.

poplar wrote: »

I am getting ESA benefit allowance
Can my husband still claim for Marriage tax allowance
even though im on benefit

It's your taxable income that affects if MAT is allowed and - more to the point - if it is worth applying for.

Where your taxable pay/pension/benefit comes from doesn't matter - although there are TWO types of ESA, one taxable, the other - income-related - not taxable. Which is yours?

https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/taxfree-and-taxable-state-benefits

Remember, it is generally the one who has the least taxable income who should apply.