Claiming tax back?

Question

I have come over from Zimbabwe to work here, i started work in March and will be ending in Nov, will i be able to claim any tax back when i leave the UK? If so how do i go about it?

Answer 1

yes of course but you will have to be in this country in april 2008 to reclaim overpaid tax and I am so pleased to inform you that you would be entitled to all back but you wont be able to get unless you a uk resident

Answer 2

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You are entitled to a full year's allowance for the current tax year, even though you will only be here for part of the year. However, under the UK Zimbabwe double tax agreement, your Zimbabwe income is also taken into account. Write to the tax office that deals with your employer's payroll (your employer will give you the address) and explain exactly what your plans are and how much you expect to earn in the UK and in Zimbabwe up to 5th April 2008.

Answer 3

You are entitled to a full year's allowance for the current tax year, even though you will only be here for part of the year. However, under the UK Zimbabwe double tax agreement, your Zimbabwe income is also taken into account. Write to the tax office that deals with your employer's payroll (your employer will give you the address) and explain exactly what your plans are and how much you expect to earn in the UK and in Zimbabwe up to 5th April 2008.

Answer 4

I do not think you will be able to claim anything back as you have not been resident in the UK for a full tax year and as such are not entitled to a full personal allowance. However you will be allowed to retain so much of your personal allowance as you have hitherto used under PAYE. The answer by Wilfred B above is, to put it politely, incorrect.
If he will be taxed on Zimbabwe income, the UK income may be added to it and he may be allowed a credit for the UK tax paid against his Zimbabwe tax bill but he is NOTentitled to a full UK personal allowance until he sees the tax year out in the UK.

Answer 5

Eddie is correct. You will not be resident in the UK for tax purposes and you have not come from an EU or Commonwealth country. You are not therefore entitled to any tax free personal allowances, so no tax refund. HMRC would normally overlook the tax unpaid as a result of allowances being allocated under PAYE.

Answer 6

If employed, you pay Tax using the 'PAYE' method (this means Tax is deducted from your wages before these are paid to you).

UK Taxes are based on your earnings in each year,. and apply to all earnings above your 'personal (Tax free) allowance'. So it's only possible to calculate the correct Tax at the end of the year == but the Employer has to make a PAYE deduction each month !

SO, in order to calculate monthly Tax, the Personal Allowance is spread evenly over the year and it is assumed that you will be earning the same every month for the entire year.

The Tax year runs from April, so if you started in March, your earnings will cover 2 Tax years.

Assuming you arrived in UK before starting work, in your first month (March) you should have paid almost no Tax.

If you finish work in November (but stay in UK untill end of Tax year), you will only have worked 8 out of 12 months = 2/3rd of the Tax year.

So, because your Personal Allowance willl have been spread too thinly you wil have paid slightly too much Tax.

Find out from your Employer the details of you local tax Office. Contact the Tax Office and inform them .. you should get at least some small refund.

Answer 7

I would have to say no as you are living in this country so you have to pay taxes...

I have lived abroad for eight years and i paid tax there

Answer 8

no you wont
you were living in this country so therefore thats what your tax money went on