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My tax code has gone up and down over the last couple of years whilst I have been in employment here in England.
Does any one have experience of the best way of investigating if a possible refund is due.
What is the process in effectively asking the inland revenue to provide a statement proving that I have paid the correct level of income tax.
Answers would be appreciated from any other UK taxpayers who have paid their pound of flesh and would be wondering if they have overpaid.

Thank you in advance.

2007-02-19 11:16:48 · 6 answers · asked by Gregg G 1 in Business & Finance Taxes United Kingdom

6 answers

Telephone the IR helpline for taxpayers and quote your National Insurance number. Ask them to ask your Tax Office to send you calculations of your tax liability and tax paid over the past x yrs (you can go back 6 years). This will identify any overpayment which they will automatically send you. If you don't understand the calculations they send you, go into your nearest Tax Enquiry Centre (see Phone Book) and ask them to explain. The Tax Office doesn't bite - they are just very under-resourced and the staff are very under trained and so they don't always have the time to check everyone's liability properly - but if you ask them nicely, they are only too pleased to help.

2007-02-19 19:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by fengirl2 7 · 1 0

If you have retained your P60 (which you should receive around mid May each year) and have a full history of employment, you should simply be able to contact your inland revenue office (the address should be at the top of your most recent P60) and ask them the check the details on the P60 against the details on record and request that they check that the correct deductions have been made. If your employers' have the correct systems in place then any changes to tax coding should work themselves out in the year in which the change takes place.

2007-02-20 10:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by bty498072 1 · 0 0

when you get your p90 (from your employer0 shortly after april which is the end of the tax year you send it the tax office and they work out the refund from that .

you tax code normally if no p45 is produced is put on emergency tax code will employers wait for your code other jobs can affect your code say you have two at same time etc when the code is sorted maybe for one week you pay less tax if you have had a week or two weeks absence you can pay less tax in first payment after being sick .the tax code normally means how much you can earn before tax eg 340d that would mean you are allowed to earn £3400. for the year before they tax you.sorry should've said the first 3 numbers in your tax code is what u can earn in a year if you add another 0

if my tax code said i can earn 4500 a yr and only earn 2000 but ive paid tax i'd be entitled to full refund april to april

2007-02-19 11:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0 0

Did you get a letter from Inland Revenue telling you who the responsible officer is for your filing? If so, that would be a good person to start. If you have the name of the person you spoke to write him. Writing a letter is sometime better than phone calls, because you have a record of your communication.

2016-05-24 18:00:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Fengirl gives excellent advice. I think it would be wise to follow it. In particular, the Tax Enquiry Centres are usually most helpful

2007-02-19 22:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by skip 6 · 0 0

With great difficulty your statement will be passed from department to department and sometimes even gets lost now that's strange cause they never loose anything regarding what you owe Good luck

2007-02-19 11:21:58 · answer #6 · answered by Bernie c 6 · 0 0

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