Hello everyone - I wanted to see if anyone had been in a similar situation and may be able to help! :)
I received my wage slip for the first month where I'm on SMP and haven't received any additional payments from my employer and have been taxed £133.20 on the £607.88 payment (22%).
For reference, my tax code is showing as K70M1, I earn a bit over £100k and received quite a large bonus on top of this in January. Looking at this tax code it says it could be linked to a workplace benefit - I get both an employer pension and private medical insurance.
This is my first year of earning over £100k so don't need to do a self assessment until next year as I understand it.
When I looked on the maternity money website it shows I should have actually received a tax refund on top of this payment rather than be taxed on it? I haven't received any kind of rebate since I went on SMP but did have additional payments from my employer (bonus, then back-dated pay-rise).
To add, I appreciate I'm in a very fortunate position and am definitely not looking to avoid paying any tax that I owe, I just want to make sure I'm paying the correct amount as we've just moved house and planning some renovations so want to make sure I'm not overspending!