Dominic Woods - Thursday, September 9th, 2010

I worked on a Sunday in a pub for a few months and although this was a weekend job on minimum wage I still paid tax on it. ( I have subsequently managed to claim this back.)Despite repeated requests from myself to my previous employer they still have not provided me with a P45.
Please can you advise me on how to avoid paying emergency tax again should I secure another job( if I cannot ever obtain the P45 from the first job)Thanking you in anticipation.

Paul Hawkes - Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Hi, I am working for a new employer.

My last pay packet for my previous employer will be on the 22nd September for 3 days of September and my new company will pay me on the 25th September. This will not give me adequate time to get across my P45 to my new employer. My gross monthly salary will be £3041.66. How much tax will I pay on this on an emergency code?

Many thanks

Paul

TaxFix - Monday, September 20th, 2010

Dominic Woods: If you do not have a P45 you can use a P46 instead to avoid paying emergency tax.

Ashleyne - Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Hi i am on BR tax code and only have one job and did not have a p45 to give to my empployer so i filled out a p46 (dont know if employer sent it)
I am only working part time of 12hrs so should be allowed personal allowance no tax?

How do i change my tax code? Help!
thanks

TaxFix - Friday, December 17th, 2010

Ashleyne: At the end of the tax year in April you will be able to claim back any overpayment of tax. You can make your claim once you have your P60.

Lara Betts - Monday, January 10th, 2011

My partner and I both worked a job in 2010 and have either miss placed our p45 ‘s p60 ‘s or they didn’t send them to us.

We both need one of them for when we start back there. Is there anything we can do so that we are not put on an emergancy tax code when we start again?

Will the company have a copy of p60 they can send to us?

Will we need to re-fill all tax code info in? its the same situation as last year?

PLEASE help , im going out of my mind with frustration of what i need to do…

Thank you

TaxFix - Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Lara Betts: If you do not have your P45 to give to your employer, you can use a P46 which you can download from here.

Zoe - Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

How much will i pay emergency tax on about 1100 for one month?

Bren Blair - Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Hi my daughter is 17 and had a christmas temp job lasting almost 2 weeks and to be paid the minimum wage per hour — I think about £4.91 – and she has been told she has had emergency tax taken out of her wages – is this right and can she claim it back? She hasn’t been employed by anyone before
Thanks

TaxFix - Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Bren Blair: Will she have earned less than £6,475 between April 6th 2010 and April 5th 2011? If so she can claim all her tax back at the end of the tax year. Was she given a P45 when she finished working? She will need this to make a claim.

TaxFix - Friday, January 28th, 2011

Zoe: Emergency tax is at the basic rate, currently 20%

Steve - Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

I’ve been pestering my work place for months that my tax code has to be changed from br to 647L but no one at pay roll seem to want to do anything. Can anyone else like the tax office change it for me?

TaxFix - Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Steve: Yes, call your local tax office and tell them the situation, they can change your tax code with your employer. Remember to make a claim for any overpayment of emergency tax at the end of the tax year (April 5th) when you get your P60.

jayne duggan - Sunday, February 13th, 2011

my daughter is working 35 -40 hrs per week at 5.90 ph she only brings home £130 per week and it says br on her wage slip does that mean shes paying emergency tax

TaxFix - Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

jayne duggan: BR means that she is being taxed at the ‘basic rate’, often referred to as ‘emergency tax’. Is this her only job? If so, I would contact her tax office and ask them to change her tax code. At the end of the tax year in April she would be able to claim back any overpayment of tax.

Stephanie - Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Hi,

i have 2 jobs, my main one is full time and i am on tax code 647L. My second job is only 4-8 hours per week and i am on a BR tax code. is this right? and can i claim this back?

thanks

Mick Stephens - Monday, July 11th, 2011

My company payroll has misplaced my p45 and as a result i’ve been overtaxed (on a BR tax code) for the 3 months since i started my job. when its found and my tax code is applied can i claim back the whole ammount? and is it my works responsibility or HMRevenues sort me a rebate?

kieron holt - Thursday, July 14th, 2011

i have given my employer my p46 and p45 but i am still paying emergency tax why?

l_tahon@hotmail.com - Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

my son just started a new job last monday.He had to work a week in hand and this friday he will be payed for the first time as hes getting payed weekly but hes been put on emergency tax and will only bring home £170 .That is absolutely ridicoulous.Hes only on £6.25 an hour.He was working for Homebase before contracted for 12 hrs a week so hes hardly earned any money this year.How can this be allowed?Luc Tahon

Sandi - Saturday, August 13th, 2011

I am a pensioner living in Spain and am now Tax Fiscal in Spain. I am about to cash-in my small personal pensions under the triviality rules in Uk. The companies say they will be taxing me on the emergency tax code. What can i do?
Everything seems very complicated when you have money in both countries. Any advise would be appreciated.

Carlos Loff - Monday, November 14th, 2011

Im a EU Portuguese citizen – In my case I worked on the UK 3 years ago, with Nat Ins Nr and remember at certain time I managed to stop paying emergency tax

But I went back to Portugal for 3 years and just returned and got myself a job again on the UK, nevertheless being away prevented me from receiving a copy of my previous P45

What can i do now to avoid paying emergency tax ???

Many thanks

John Pitt - Sunday, December 18th, 2011

My daughter is a university student and works two nights a week in a public house and is paid cash each week. She has also just started a three week contract as a dresser on a theatre production. I presume the pub will have her P45 and she will be taxed (emergency) on the theatre work. How does she reclaim her tax as she will not earn anywhere near the annual tax free allowance