claim income tax back

[lootmaker]

I remeber when i was at uni I often had part time jobs but i got taxed and i used to be able to claim back. IVe been working in sales jobs (fully employed) for 3 years sometimes i go without working for a few months. How will i know if i can get any tax back? Ive got all my p60s and p45s. How do i find out my local tax office. in my sales jobs sometimes my earnign fluctuated some months �2,600 some �900.

[Loosehead]

Just add up what you earned in a tax year, add up what Tax and NI you paid, then work out what you should have paid, ie deduct allowances etc and then you'll know if you paid too much. You can also ask for a tax return and file it on line and you will pretty quickly get any refund that is due, conversely of course it may show you havn't paid enough tax!

[cvsmith]

As the previous reply stated you need to add up your income and then take off your allowances ( see the Inland Revenue web site for the current figure). The amount left is you taxable income. This is taxed at 10% for the 1st �1920 (again check web site for current figure) and the rest at 22%. Check this against the tax you have paid if less you can reclaim the difference if more you should pay the difference.

As for finding your local tax office you can now use any tax office as they are all the same.

Hope this clarifys thing further for you.

[miss_chase]

I don't think you have to do anything. When I have worked erratically or in two jobs it has all been worked out automatically in my payslip (so you get a month with a big bonus!). I have also had a lovely letter from Tax people with a completely unexpected cheque.

Maybe I am just lucky!

I think as the others say, as long as you are keeping your records and know roughly how much they owe you then if they don't pay it back then you can contact them. Your tax office will be on the P60.