Help - self assessment/child benefit related!

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Hi,

My husband went over the limit for receiving child benefit last year, but not enough to lose it all. So we decided to keep receiving it and pay the extra tax.

I left him to complete a self assessment (he isn't self employed but I understand what's what you have to do), expecting a bill of about half the amount we pay each year as he earns almost exactly between 50 and 60k.

We have now received a bill for £13k.

Has he just massively messed up his return?

Or do they sent a bill for ALL the tax he owes, including what he owes through his job? But if this is the case, why have they billed him all of it as he pays via PAYE each month?

I've tried to call them but they just say sorry too busy after I've run the gauntlet of options and then hang up.

Any advice welcomed! Thanks.

I meant half the amount we receive each month in CB not pay!

Hang in there
You will get through
Any response here will be pure speculation

Sounds like he did something wrong or he has been on the wrong tax code.

They may not talk to you though as its not your account

I've tried hanging on but they literally say bye and hang up, they wont let you wait. Bit odd.

He shouldn't have been one wrong code, I think he must have messed it up badly

I just really wondered if anyone new if the bill was a total one, so would need to take off the amount he has already paid. If I'm making sense.

*knew. Bloody hell

No, they would tell you what extra you need to pay. Can you look at what he input and double check they match payslips/P60, etc

Presumably he did the tax return online, so he should be able to log in and look at the figures he submitted. I bet he’s made a typo when entering one of the figure for his income.

Thanks all. I will get him to log in later. I told him to do it himself as he relies on me so much, now I'll end up doing it... sigh

Nobody can answer this without seeing the return, but I suspect he has not filled it in correctly