disclose your tax code to your employer

[tali122]

why is it that the inland revenue state that they do not disclose your tax code to your employer- but since your payslip comes from your employer and includes your tax code - then how could they not know?
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[Buenchico]

I'm a bit confused by your question!

You write : "why is it that the inland revenue state that they do not disclose your tax code to your employer" - My problem is that I can't think where you may have read/heard this! It's clearly not true for the very reason you suggested. (The purpose of a tax code is to tell your employer how much tax to deduct from your pay. Without the code your payroll section can't work out what to pay you!).

I can only think that you've become confused by the rules relating to second jobs. If you've got a second job and most of the tax is deducted from your first employment then HM Revenue & Customs (the new name for the body which replaced Inland Revenue) will only supply your second employer with a letter code which tells them how much tax to deduct. i.e. your second employer will not know your main tax code.

Chris

[Grunty]

I may be wrong, but I think your employer can be given a code to work from that does not disclose your marital status to your employer.

[Buenchico]

Well done for remembering that, Grunty - it's true. Perhaps this is what tali122 is referring to?

Chris

[kempie]

Isn't the only indicator of marital status the Married Couple's Allowance, which can only be claimed where one of the spouses is currently between the ages of 70 and 75?

[Grunty]

No it's the H or L (high or low) that comes after the number.

[kempie]

H ceased to be a valid tax code 6th April 2003.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pensioners/tax_codes11.htm

[tali122]

i believe it is an error on my part and the confusion was caused by the fact that "the IR do not disclose "how they worked out "the tax code to your employer"