Marriage tax allowance

[Beansprout30]

I applied to the marriage tax allowance as I’ve taken a new job which will drop my pay enough that I don’t pay tax. I also claimed retrospectively for the two years I had on maternity leave.

I’ve since received three letters from HMRC saying I owe them money - around £232 ish for three different tax years. It’s not explained very well at all but does anyone know if this is likely to be because of my marriage tax claim? I’m really hoping my DH is going to get a cheque for these amounts and it will cover the money I apparently owe. Panicking a bit in case the money I owe isn’t because of my claim

I had this! Couple of years ago now but that letter knocked the wind out of me. I thought by clicking for them to assess previous years, they’d simply come back and say we couldn’t claim for them but no.. I had to pay £168. Rang them and argued, stating it didn’t even explain why but it was simply pay or else (not quite so harsh, but this is the tax office-unavoidable )
However! And I do hope this happens for you, my husband out of the blue then received a cheque for £242 for the tax he’d paid where he should have received some of my allowance! So, I took the money for myself! ]
There’s no warning that that’s what they do, and I’d advise anyone to ensure they were waaaaay below the new tax code they’ll receive in previous years, but luckily it balanced out for us, so hopefully will yourself too.

Thanks for your reply, I called them earlier and have confirmed if it due to the marriage tax claim and that DH should get a cheque very soon for the same amounts . I wish I hadn’t bothered claiming for previous years now!

Ahhhh good. Glad they were able to give you that assurance. Back when I done it, 3 years ago, all they could tell me was I needed to pay it as id claim for a tax year where I didn’t have any outstanding allowance, therefore I had to pay a balance back. If only they’d reassured me then that I’d infact get it back through my husband... one day they may realise this fault with the system and simply be able to tell people if they don’t have any allowance left on certain years for their partners to claim.
Glad you’ve got it sorted :)

Thanks again. They certainly don’t make it very clear!