Because of working a lot of overtime this year my earnings by April will be very close to £42k and I do not want to pay the higher rate of tax next year. I get paid on the 15th of each month so ( i apologise if this is a stupid question)will it be my yearly earnings on that March payslip they will calculate it on or also what I earn in those extra few days up to 5 April. Hope that makes sense
It's whatever pay you receive in the tax year (which usually ends on 5th/6th April).
But the 40% rate is only paid on any additional amount over the threshold so it won't make a huge difference- you still have £10600 at 0% and almost all the rest will still be at 20%. But you could always put just enough into AVCs to keep you below teh threshold
That's right- or else for every extra £1 you earn you'd lose up to £20 which would be a nonsense. All the rates are marginal (until you get to the additional rate of 45 or 50 % (forgotten now) when allowances start to get stripped away too
The info on your march pay slip has all the info for tax and tax year
you will also get a P60 in May but that just duplicates things
Ifyou are under £42k close to but under then you will pay
nothing on the first 10k and 20% on the rest 32k which I think is £6400 = that s about £525 per month
if you earn £43k then it will be an extra £400 on top of the 6400