Wrong tax code BR for whole year

[REDGOALS]

HI,

On April 20th 2009 i started a new job, my previous employer did not inform HMRC by way of a P45.

My new employer issued me with a 'BR' tax code on my payslips, i have been on this code since April 20th 2009.

I have written to the tax office and they have informed me i am not entitled to a tax rebate as my personal tax allowance for the year 2009/10 has been used up by my previous employment.

My question is, how can i have used up my tax allowance for the year 2009/10 in my previous job when i had left that job around on March 29 2009?

will appreciate any feedback.

thanks

[Truemanbrown]

Obviously, you have not used up your tax allowance for 2009/10. There should be a refund due to you. The easiest way of obtaining this refund is to prepare a 2010 Tax Return.

I can prepare the Return on your behalf for a small charge.

[Tom McClelland]

You cannot have used up any 2009/10 tax allowance at all in a job you left on March 29 2009 (well, conceivably you could have, depending on the exact timing of your previous employer's payroll runs, but it is unlikely). I don't quite see why the tax office isn't just picking this up automatically and refunding you. You may have to fill in a personal tax return, but if all you have is employment income this really isn't very difficult.

[David Griffiths]

HI,



I have written to the tax office and they have informed me i am not entitled to a tax rebate as my personal tax allowance for the year 2009/10 has been used up by my previous employment.

My question is, how can i have used up my tax allowance for the year 2009/10 in my previous job when i had left that job around on March 29 2009?

will appreciate any feedback.

thanks

The PAYE section of a tax office is quite likely to fob off taxpayers (or should that be customers) with a load of codswallop if it saves them doing any work.

Persist.

[David Richards]

HI,

On April 20th 2009 i started a new job, my previous employer did not inform HMRC by way of a P45.

My new employer issued me with a 'BR' tax code on my payslips, i have been on this code since April 20th 2009.
The problem is that without a P45 (or P60), you don't have the proof that the tax office is after. Do you have a P60 from the second employer? And copy payslips from the first employer - preferably showing that employer's PAYE reference?

Persevere and you will (eventually) get a refund of what is due to you. Next time you leave a job, make sure you get that P45 - and if you're put on a BR code for longer than a month or two, chase it up with the tax office yourself.

[Matt Knight]

Tax Office clearly giving you wrong information. Unless you have received untaxed payments from your previous employer or have any other untaxed income to declare, I fail to see how a BR tax rate for the year could not entitle you to a tax refund.

Don't wait for the tax office to complete their records to issue a tax refund, fill out a tax return immediately, you should get a refund within a few months.