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Illusionary

This essentially means that instead of your net pay being "Gross pay less tax deductions", it's "Gross pay plus repayment". :smile:

Ah, so the repayment will be 'credit' then? Yayy so I will have repayment plus my normal pay?

Also, thanks for your replies and the wiki, truly a star you are!

Reply 61

Illusionary

Ernesto

Ah, so the repayment will be 'credit' then? Yayy so I will have repayment plus my normal pay?

Also, thanks for your replies and the wiki, truly a star you are!

Exactly

...and no problem, happy to be of help! :top2:

Reply 62

kangarooz

Well I just got a second part-time job and was wondering if anyone knows how much tax I will pay? I heard it was quite alot from another person at work, My contracted hours will be 14.5 hrs a week, but I will also have quite alot of overtime, any help would be appreciated! Ta.

Reply 63

alexsheppard11

well, if you earn over £6470 (tax code 647L), you will then be taxed.
i dont think it matters how many jobs you have, its how much you earn

Reply 64

shorty.loves.angels

You will probably need to get into contact with HM Revenue as having two jobs often means that you are placed on an emergancy tax list which = paying a lot!

If you sort it out appropriately, you will only be taxed on the total that you earn (from both jobs) and you will usually see the full tax amount deducted from just one wage... so one wage will seem really high and the other really low... :rolleyes:

This isn't a guess, it is exactly what happened to me a few months ago :smile:

Reply 65

Illusionary

kangarooz

Overtime pay is taxed in exactly the same way as your basic pay, so that doesn't need to be addressed separately.

When you have two jobs, the default position is that the second job doesn't receive any share of your annual tax-free 'personal allowance', which is currently £6,475 for most people. Your 'main' job should receive the full allowance, provided that you're on the correct 'tax code' (generally "647L" - check this on your payslips). By contrast, you'll probably see a tax code of "BR" (basic rate) for your second job. This will mean that you pay Income Tax at 20% on all of your income from that job, plus National Insurance Contributions at a rate of 11% on any income in excess of £110 per week.

However, depending on your income levels form each job, it may be beneficial to arrange for your allowance to be split between the two jobs. To do so, just give your tax office a call (contact details here) and ask them to do so. The arrangements are explained in more detail here on HMRC's website.

Whatever you decide, if your total income for the 'tax year' ending 5 April 2010 is below your £6,475 allowance, you should be able to reclaim any Income Tax that you've paid. To do so, you'll need to write to your tax office with copies of the forms P45 and/or P60 that you receive when you leave each job or when you're employed at the end of the tax year (respectively), requesting the refund.

Edit: If you've not seen it already (and I assume that you haven't as you posted this as a new thread), take a look at this section of my guide to Income Tax and National Insurance, which directly addresses your situations. :smile:

Reply 66

hypocriticaljap

Finished MA at uni in September. Haven't worked at all. Signed on for JSA in October. No other income source. Got a tax code of 107L today for 2010-2011. Don't understand why it isn't 647L. They have put other earnings (or pension) at £5404 but JSA is nothing like that. Can any one explain please?

Reply 67

Illusionary

hypocriticaljap

HMRC are making a mess of tax codes at the moment (for example, see here). I think I'm just going to have to suggest querying it with your tax office, and you can find contact details here.

Reply 68

hypocriticaljap

Many thanks for that. Phoned them up and they don't understand it either! New tax code of 647L sorted.

Reply 69

Nazhyah3

heyy, i got the same kinda prob. christmas 08 i had a temp job.. got taxed, then summer 09 had a job and left n still got taxed. Now ive recently started my new job im not sure how to make sure i dont get taxed and how to claimback my previous taxes.. any ideas

Reply 70

Quady

Nazhyah3

How about you actually read Illusionary's link?

Reply 71

Tomby1

Just print off a p50 and fill it out.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pdfs/p50.pdf

Then get your p45, send off the 2nd and 3rd parts of it, along with the p50, to your local tax office (find it on the web).

Reply 72

Illusionary

Tomby1

Just print off a p50 and fill it out.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pdfs/p50.pdf

Then get your p45, send off the 2nd and 3rd parts of it, along with the p50, to your local tax office (find it on the web).

The P50 isn't relevant when reclaiming overpaid tax from previous 'tax years' (ending on 5 April each year). Christmas 2008 was in the last tax year (ending 5 April 2009), so to reclaim overpaid Income Tax from then you'll need to write to your tax office and enclose parts 2 and 3 of your last form P45 (or form 60 if you were employed at the end of the tax year).

For the job last summer, that was during the current tax year. In this case, you'll need to give parts 2 and 3 of the P45 that you should have received from the employer who you worked for last summer to your new employer, or failing that complete a form P46 and give that to them instead. Check your first couple of payslips and look for your 'tax code', which should likely be "647L" if the form has been processed correctly. Once you're on the correct tax code, you should receive a refund of any overpaid Income Tax for the current year through the payroll system.

Contact details for your tax office can be found here, and as Quady points out, all of this and more can be found in the guide that I wrote and linked to above.

Reply 73

Quady

Illusionary

and as Quady points out, all of this and more can be found in the guide that I wrote and linked to above.

I don't know how you put up with it I really don't...

Reply 74

Tomby1

Sorry Illusionary, I was answering the OP, didn't see the other post. :smile:

Reply 75

Illusionary

Tomby1

Sorry Illusionary, I was answering the OP, didn't see the other post. :smile:

Don't worry about it, though that's going to seem a little misplaced when this gets merged into my sticky! :p:

Reply 76

cryptology

Hey,

i had 2 jobs recently while at uni and even though they knew i was a student, i still got taxed, i wanted to find out how to get the tax money back as students are not meant to be taxed. Any advice would be great.

Crypt.

Reply 77

-Blade-

Hi,

The Inland Revenue owe me my tax return. I am yet to recieve this, after countless phone calls, letters and promises from them.

What can I do to get what I am owed from them? This is really beginning to wear low on my patience.

Thanks

Reply 78

MulderMan

If it was a civil hour, I and many more people would attack you for this silly idea of 'students don't get taxed'...

I suggest you read the sticky.

It's all there.

Reply 79

Illusionary

-Blade-

What do you mean by "owing you your tax return"? The tax return is a form that you complete and send back to them as part of self-assessment arrangements (though this is commonly now done online).

Are you trying to get a refund of overpaid Income Tax? If so, what information have you provided to HM Revenue & Customs so far? The usual procedure to reclaim overpayments from previous tax years is to write to your tax office with a copy of any relevant forms P45 and/or P60, which should be all that you need to do. Read more in my guide here.

When you say you've tried calling them, where exactly have you been trying to contact. The tax office responsible for your tax affairs is the place to contact (and the place to write to, as above), and you can find details of this office either from the HMRC website here or from your payslips.