Taxed twice on work benefits

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Here’s my situation:

• I’m an employee on PAYE but required to fill in a self-assessment form.
• All my work benefits are payrolled meaning their value is included in my gross pay on which my tax is calculated.
• When filling in my self- assessment form last year, I declared my taxable benefits as required in the form...
• ... only for HMRC to add these benefits to my gross pay again and tax me on them again.

I’ve spoken to HMRC several times and written to them to no avail. All they say is that I should declare my benefits. But they’re not addressing the issue of double counting and double taxation. I’ve put in an official complaint and am getting ready to contact my MP.

Has anyone had the same issue?

Thanks.

You don't put them on the SA form as separate taxable benefits because they are already in your P60 figure and are already declared.

See page 2 of employment section notes assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/690321/sa102-notes-2018.pdf

It says:

If your employer has ‘payrolled’ your benefits and
expenses (this means the tax was deducted from
your pay and included in your P60) don’t include
them in boxes 9 to 20.

Hope that helps. You will need to amend your return.

Cleo

Yes. What Cleo said. You need to amend your self-assessment. More info here:
www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/corrections

You only declare benefits on your tax return that are from your P11d provided by the employer. If employer doesn't provide P11d form, then you've nothing to declare on your tax return, i.e. if the employer has already "payrolled" them, they won't also give you the P11d for the same benefits.