Paying too much tax, how to claim it back?

[katz]

does anyone know?

my colleague has been paying twice the tax i have and we don't know why or how to claim it back.

I think s/he needs to fill in a tax return (at the end of the tax year, obviously) and submit it to the tax inspector - s/he should get a refund pretty soon after the end of the tax year (ime).

I think he/she needs to speak to his/her payroll department and then possibly the local HMRC office to try and find out what's going on. A tax code is normally issued by HMRC which determines how much tax you pay, and the company then uses this to know how much tax to deduct. It's fairly straightforward to check that this code is being applied correctly and the company is deducting the right amount of tax as determined by HMRC.

It may be that this person has a different tax code from you - perhaps he/she underpaid tax in previous years and this is now being reclaimed, perhaps he/she is on an emergency tax code for some reason or it's possible that the wrong code has been issued for some reason.

If the wrong tax code has been issued then HMRC will need to re-issue one and the tax should then be re-paid through the individual's pay for the rest of the year.

If he/she thinks that too much tax was paid in previous financial years then there's a form to fill in (not a tax return) to claim it back - HMRC can post one to the individual concerned.

thansk will pass this info onto her