Owe tax on self assessment, advise plz

[Upsetdaughter379]

Morning

Sorry I didn't know where best to post this. My husband will obviously ring hmrc and ask them for sure but he's away until next week.
In November had to do a self assessment tax return for the first time. This is because of losing part of child benefit due to earning over 50k (just). He is employed.
He filled it in and selected the option to repay what is owed through his tax code in 12 installments.
Since then we keep getting letters advising of how to pay, and have had a letter with a giro slip on the bottom, warning its got to be paid by 31st Jan.
Why is he recieving these letters when he chose to pay out of his wage? Anyone know?

I think it depends on when he completed his self assessment return and how much he owes:

Through your tax code
You can pay your Self Assessment bill through your PAYE tax code as long as all these apply:

you owe less than £3,000 on your tax bill
you already pay tax through PAYE, for example you’re an employee or you get a company pension
you submitted your paper tax return by 31 October or your online tax return online by 30 December

www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/through-your-tax-code

Probably because, for whatever reason, it hasn't been coded.
He needs to speak to them, or you could try web-chat 'as him'.

I've just done the opposite, did my first self-assessment and requested a bill and they've updated my tax code... There could be a legit reason, or it could be incompetence on the part of HMRC.

We match all of the above criteria. Will have to speak to them

Yeah there is plenty of time for them to get it sorted before they do the tax code run for next year :)