AIBU - HMRC a joke

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So I have worked it out that HMRC have taken £2,000 roughly from me (overpayment) last year it was £3,500. Year before that roughly the same. It’s December now and still no P800... what gives? I’m now a SAHM, and desperately need the money. Anyone else still waiting for tax return / refund from 2018/2019...???

AnyOne already had p800? Annoying that they always seem to over tax me. I’m owed £1,000 for 2019/2020 and no chance of getting that until next December 2021 by the seems of things.

Anyone savvy on this kind of thing and can help me / advise on how to get the money back quicker? HMRC are overwhelmingly unhelpful on the phone. AIBU to think this is taking the piss when it’s four years on the trot???

Mine arrived yesterday. Not sure how I ended up with an overpayment but not going to turn it down.

Presume you've checked your tax code and that your employers are using the right tax code for you. (I know not everyone is in the same boat there I have a large payroll department of HR who are fairly helpful).

You need to be proactive. Sign up for your online digital tax account. You can ask to change your PAYE tax code if you know/think it's wrong - then you can be taxed correctly each month instead of waiting until the year end has passed. You can claim a tax refund far sooner if you ask for it - rather than wait for them to get around to doing it for you - they have another 20/30 million taxpayers to deal with, so you'll have to wait in turn if you're not proactive. The digital online personal tax accounts were set up exactly for people like you who clearly have some complication (usually more than one job at a time or several different jobs in the year) - it allows you to tell them what you're doing, where you're working, what you're earning, etc to give them a "heads up" rather than then having to wait for submissions from employers and then using detective work to guess your future wages etc.