anyone know how to reclaim overpaid tax?

[Mazzystar]

i haven't worked very much this year and have only earned my holiday pay from maternity leave in my old job (about £2k) and £3,600 from some little bits of freelance work. but i have paid tax on all of it.

anyone got any idea about how i might go about getting it back?

Call your tax office (get number of IR website)and ask for a self assesment form to be sent - you fill this in at the end of the tax year with all earnings/interest etc and if you have overpaid tax they will refund into your bank account. You an even fill it in online.

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use the link above to get the correct form

You don't need to do self assessment

You actually don't need to do either.. send a letter with your original P60s to your tax office asking for a repayment. As long as you can account for what you were doing the whole year (explain any gaps) they should be able to sort it out without asking you for anything else.

Yeah you can just do the letter - I've done that before

cheers - will do
and thanks for interrupting your day to deal with such a dull call for help

Yep - I also agree about the letter thing - You can just write to the tax office, sending your p60's with a list of employers for the past 6 or 7 years (not sure which) and ask them to see if you are owed anything.