ITSMILNER wrote:Tomous wrote:ITSMILNER wrote:Abacus wrote:ITSMILNER wrote:Dual wrote:ITSMILNER wrote:Question, COVID related somewhat, remember last year when you could apply for tax relief for working from home, did any of you do it and now had your tax codes changed and a letter saying you owe money?
3 of us in my team today got our payslips and we have all had extra taken off of us and we all applied for that relief last year.
Its a new tax year so you have to apply for it again.
They are saying I owe them money, is that them calculating from April 21-Now then?
Without seeing what you've been sent, I don't know. And you probably shouldn't share that info with a stranger on the internet anyway.
But my guess would be that this relates to the period up until April 21, since tax notifications usually come out after their year end when they've had the chance to compare what they think you should have paid to what you've actually paid, and then send out notifications about changes to your tax code.
Maybe bounce it to your HR team first of all, since it's more than just you affected to see what they advise.
Otherwise, presumably there's a number you can contact on the letter, if you think they've made a mistake?
I tried contacting them but it’s busy so will give it a go tomorrow. I know it’s happened to a few others in my work place as well and we all applied for that WFH tax relief last year so it must be something to do with that
If you're comfortable, post a photo of the letter with personal info blocked out and we can probably help.
Took photos on my phone of the details
Ah, OK.
This is typically badly worded. But yes, this seems to be for the period up to April 21 rather than after that.
And what it is saying is that they think you underpaid by £21, not by £143.
The £143 is a bit of a red herring; you don't owe them that. They are just saying, next year, we're going to tax a bit more, at a bit less than £2 a month, to get the £21 back.
And the way they're going to do that is to reduce your tax free allowance - I don't think it's saying you owe them that.
Anyhow, I still don't know why that has happened. It does seem a coincidence that lots of you applied for the same relief and all got the same letter, so ask the question by all means.
(By the way, I took the image out of my quote, in case you want to delete it later.)