Emergency Tax

Jonnie_Onion

I changed jobs this year, but for some reason this was never registered with the Revenue, so my new tax credits and cut off were never sent to my current employer.
I rang them to get it changed, and they said they'd issue new forms to my employer in 5 days. However, my employer has said if they don't receive it in time for payroll they're going to stick me on emergency tax.

Is this correct?

seamus

Sounds about right.
When your employer does receive your cert, your tax credits will be refunded in the next pay packet. Emergency tax isn't the same as it used to be. The first couple of weeks, emergency tax is more-or-less on a par with normal tax credits, to give you time to get yourself sorted. As the weeks go on, the rate of tax increases to 50-odd%, so it's advised to get it sorted asap.

Slippin Jimmy

I also have a problem with my tax. I used to work in a hotel part-time(16) and was paying emergency tax. I got onto the tax crowd in November and explained my situation. Nothing was done. I changed jobs and moved into my current job on the 9th of December. I handed my new job(Currys) my P45 form and filled out my starter form.

Anyway, one thing led to another and Currys lost my starter form so I didn't get paid in JAnuary, they said the would pay everything that I was owed in Feb. Anyway I have been onto the tax office numerous times trying to be taken off emergency tax and to try get my money back.

They told me that I need a p60 form off currys to claim my E-tax back. But seen as I wasn't registered with currys I didn't get there in time to get the form. All the other members of staff have their p60's, but me.

All this is really giving me a pain in the........ and I am sick of it. What can I do first of all to get oof E-tax and pay normal tax, and secondly, how can I get the money back that I paid in E-tax?

Johnmb

DonnybrookGhost wrote:

I also have a problem with my tax. I used to work in a hotel part-time(16) and was paying emergency tax. I got onto the tax crowd in November and explained my situation. Nothing was done. I changed jobs and moved into my current job on the 9th of December. I handed my new job(Currys) my P45 form and filled out my starter form.

Anyway, one thing led to another and Currys lost my starter form so I didn't get paid in JAnuary, they said the would pay everything that I was owed in Feb. Anyway I have been onto the tax office numerous times trying to be taken off emergency tax and to try get my money back.

They told me that I need a p60 form off currys to claim my E-tax back. But seen as I wasn't registered with currys I didn't get there in time to get the form. All the other members of staff have their p60's, but me.

All this is really giving me a pain in the........ and I am sick of it. What can I do first of all to get oof E-tax and pay normal tax, and secondly, how can I get the money back that I paid in E-tax?

First, to get off emergency tax in your current job, just get the tax registration number from Curry's and then get on to the revenue telling them to assign your tax credits to that employer number. To get your emergency tax from your previous job back you will have to deal with the revenue direct. If Currys messed up with registering you on time, then the P45 from your previous job is what you need as technically you were unemployed for the rest of the year (it'd be Currys problem to explain how they had an unregistered person working for them in December if it came to that).

Slippin Jimmy

Johnmb wrote:

First, to get off emergency tax in your current job, just get the tax registration number from Curry's and then get on to the revenue telling them to assign your tax credits to that employer number. To get your emergency tax from your previous job back you will have to deal with the revenue direct. If Currys messed up with registering you on time, then the P45 from your previous job is what you need as technically you were unemployed for the rest of the year (it'd be Currys problem to explain how they had an unregistered person working for them in December if it came to that).

Ok thats sound advice. Thanks very much for you help mate.