[Macaurly]

Hi, I've been working at Asda for 4 weeks now and had my first payday today. The thing is, since it's an hourly paid job, I worked out approx how much I should have earned based on hours I've worked minus lunch breaks but I have earned quite a bit less than expected. I am only sixteen and this is my first job and I'm wondering how much I have to pay for national insurance or tax, if I have to (I heard that I don't have to pay tax yet). Any advice on how much national insurance takes off your wage would be great, thanks.


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[huricane katrina]

how you get the job?
how many hours?

[Macaurly]

Applied online. And £6.28 per hour.


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[huricane katrina]

i also asked how many hours..

any way if you earn under £8,105 then no
(its your "personal alloance" )

[Macaurly]

Oh sorry, 8-10 hours per week.
And ok thanks for that


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[xapher19]

With your hours and pay, you shouldn't be paying income tax or national insurance, as your yearly salary is below the threshold. Maybe Asda cocked up?

[Macaurly]

Well thanks for telling me this. I think I might just be missing a week's pay due to when I started. I'll wait until next month before I start to worry.
Thanks

[jajakapitan]

There are two reasons why this may have happened:

1. You have calculated pay without realising that there is a cut off date for the months pay (i.e. the July pay period began on Sunday 22nd of June and ended on Saturday the 21st of July - I also work for ASDA).

2. You have been given an emergency tax code - you will need to phone the tax office on your payslip (normally an 0113 number) to rectify this.

The latter especially applies if this is your first paid job.