how do i get my emergency tax back?

Question

iv been geting emergency tax sins i was 17 i am now 20 can i get it back

Answer 1

Yes you can...contact your local tax office and they will send you a form to fill in. When you return it, they will calculate how much tax you should be rebated. My partner just got a lump sum from the HMRC for overpaying with emergency tax - a nice way of saving some money I guess!

Answer 2

Concerned that you have not had things rectified after the first year if you have been on emergency tax but depends if you mean your tax code was week one, i.e. 503L X, or if you are on BR.

The week one code would have been operated for one year only and revert to the correct tax code the following tax year and therefore you may have a repayment due for the 1st tax year.

If you are on BR then this is because you have sent in a P46 to say this is not your main employment and therefore a second employment is automatically put on BR.

Call the Inland Revenue and inform them you think you have paid to much tax and ask what information they need to review the last 3-4 tax years. The Inland Revenue would have repaid your tax by now if they had all the information required.

Things will not change if you don't make the effort.

Good luck

Answer 3

One important thing to bear in mind is that the emergency tax code (503L) is also actually the correct code for a vast number of people.

If your tax affairs are very straightforward (only one source of income, no investments in shares/property, no contributions to a pension, no company car or other "benefits in kind"), then 503L will probably be the correct tax code for you.

So, just because your tax code is 503L, don't assume its been allocated to you as an emergency code. The chances are, its the correct code.

As others have advised, contact your local tax office if you want to pursue further. But don't get your hopes up to high of a huge refund!!

Answer 4

This is shocking! I'm surprised that no-one has picked up on it..

First of all contact Your tax office quoting tax reference number which you can get from your payroll dept.

You should have started each new tax year with a code of 503L (Nothng else).

Answer 5

Contact your local tax office and ask them why this going on so long?and that you want your tax back,! i would have thought after 3 years you should have a tax code by now,

Answer 6

I expect so if you've overpaid. Call the tax office and ask them the procedure. Normally once your employer has your proper tax code it's automatically repaid with your wages.

Answer 7

get in contact with your tax office. you fill a form and then they decide how much you are owed. You don't get back the exact amount that you were taxed you get a bit less!