15 Year Old Getting Taxed. Help Needed

[hammerman]

Hi,

My 15 year old daughter works approx 12-14 hours a week in a local pub as a waitress. She's still at school (she leaves in 2 weeks) and not 16 until August.

She earns £4.50 an hour and usually brings home around £60 p/w

For the past two weeks, she's being paying tax, approx £10 a week. She has a tax code so my wife has just told me but not sure what it is.

Firstly, is she earning enough to pay tax ? secondly, if she shouldn't be paying tax yet, how do we go about getting it back.

any other info greatly appreciated

Thanks

[New Judge]

No, she is not earning enough to pay tax. Her employer may have been told by the Revenue to deduct tax at the Basic Rate (20%) from all her earnings meaning on £60 she will be stopped £12.

She should contact the Inland Revenue to get them to remove the "BR" stipulation from the information they have provided to her employers. She should have a tax code of 1000, meaning she can earn £10,000 in a year before tax is payable. If this is done her overpaid tax should be returned to her via the empoloyer's PAYE system.

[factor-fiction]

Yes- contact HMRC. She will get the tax back

[hammerman]

Thanks guys...will be on it tomorrow