Insanely high tax rebate is this normal

[struggling13]

So I knew I was likely going to get a tax rebate but didn't know the exact amount but have opened the government gateway to find I am owed a significant amount (ie between 750 and 1000) has anyone else experienced this before how do employers or the government mess up so significantly that they owe you such an enormous amount ??

Wrong tax code for an extended period probably, especially if toward end of tax year so that it doesn’t come back through paye in time would be my guess. Or a sudden adjust in hours or pay - I overpaid tax when I first went on May leave then it got sorted and had 200ish back and that happened in a couple of months. I don’t think 750-1000 is actually massive or that unusual. Take the win!

I'm due about £800 back as I was working 5 different very low paid, part time jobs as a student so was still under the threshold but the tax codes meant I was taxed. I wish they'd hurry up and calculate it though. I can't pay the rent next month!

My husband once had a £2500 rebate!!!

It's usually down to a lag in your tax code catching up with changes in your employment status or associated benefits. Or you've been on emergency tax.

Was the overpayment just in 2022/3 or were you also overtaxed in the previous year?

What's your employment status, number of jobs and approximate total pay?

Have you given up or changed any benefit like a company car? That could lead to an overpayment of tax.

But a few hundred pounds isn't 'insanely high', it means you've paid about £70 too much tax each month that could easily go unnoticed unless you compare your take home with a salary calculator.

@struggling13 yes I had a £5k refund, but I knew that I had overpaid. It was a complicated year and needed to go through self assessment to get it right.

I’m due a rebate of around £1,500, coming from increasing the amount I pay into my pension. I previously received a similar amount when I realised that HMRC had assumed that I was receiving a workplace benefit that I no longer was.