{"id":43972,"date":"2018-06-07T02:51:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=43972"},"modified":"2018-06-07T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:52:47","slug":"am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43974\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns-1-250x157.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your tax code is an important piece of information because it governs how much tax you will pay. The code is created and applied by HMRC but there is always the chance that something can go wrong. So how do you know if you are on the right tax code and what can you do if you think you aren\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How tax codes work<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you get a payslip from your employer, you will be able to see the tax code that HMRC has given you. This is the thing that determines how much PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax you are being charged \u2013 this is taken directly from your pay each month before you receive it.<br \/>\nThere are various tax codes and here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>L \u2013 basic personal allowance for someone born after 5th April 1948. The most common is 1185L which allows you to earn \u00a311850 before you start paying tax<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>0T \u2013 this is where you don\u2019t have a personal allowance because you don\u2019t provide your employer with a P45 or information on your tax code.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>D1 \u2013 all pay from this source is taxed at the additional rate because you have used your allowance \u2013 this is often when you have two jobs and the allowance has been used on the income from the first one< <\/li>\n<p>\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>M \u2013 you get Marriage Allowance and receive 10% of your spouse or civil partners personal allowance<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>W1 or M1 \u2013 these are emergency tax codes used either weekly or monthly depending on your pay frequency which indicates that your tax is being paid just on that pay packet\u2019s amount, not cumulatively across the year<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>How to check your tax code<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>HMRC is responsible for assigning you a tax code and they tell your employer or pension provider, so they know how to collect tax for your income. It is normally shown on your payslip along with pay or pension information. It will also be on any paperwork you get from HMRC such as a P60 at the end of the tax year or a P45 if you change your job.<\/p>\n<p>Tax codes are made up of a combination of letters and numbers. 1150, for instance, is in reference how much you can earn before you start paying tax and this tend to change regularly as the government alters this figure. Whatever this code it, times it by 10 to get your tax free allowance &#8211; \u00a311,500 in this case.<\/p>\n<p>This code also provides information for employers about the type of allowances you receive or at what rate your tax should be charged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What if you think your tax code is wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you think there is something wrong with your tax code, you should get in touch with HMRC. You can phone them, and they will be able to go through your information and tell you what your code should be.<br \/>\nIt is important to note that the onus is on you to make sure your code is right. So if you think it is wrong, and you are paying less tax than you should, this might seem good. But if HMRC finds out (and there\u2019s a good chance they will) you will have to pay back that extra money.<br \/>\nOn the turn side, if you have been paying too much tax, then you might be entitled to a tax refund. If this is the case, they will normally send you a cheque for any overpayment you have made. If you are unsure if it is right, there are online income tax calculators where you can put in your details and it tells you what your code should be based on how much you should be paying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why tax codes change<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are a few reasons why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/hm-revenue-customs\">HMRC<\/a> might change your tax code and it is still correct. Example include:<br \/>\nYou change your job without a P45 will trigger an emergency tax code until you get the information they need to use your correct one<br \/>\nIf you start getting extra income from a second job or pension and you have used up your personal allowance in the first one<br \/>\nYou start or stop benefits that affect how much income you are getting<br \/>\nThe personal allowance changes<br \/>\nBut if you are uncertain why your tax code is changed, you can also ring HMRC and they can review it to ensure it is still correct and you are paying the right tax.<br \/>\nThis guide has been put together by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonethem.co.uk\/hmrc-contact-number\">Phone Them<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your tax code is an important piece of information because it governs how much tax you will pay. The code is created and applied by HMRC but there is always the chance that something can go wrong. So how do you know if you are on the right tax code and what can you do [&hellip;]\n&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/\" class=\"more\">learn more&rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":43973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,85],"tags":[209320],"coauthors":[11733],"class_list":["post-43972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-politics","category-social-change","tag-tax-returns"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your tax code is an important piece of information because it governs how much tax you will pay. The code is created and applied by HMRC but there is always the chance that something can go wrong. So how do you know if you are on the right tax code and what can you do [&hellip;]\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\"},\"headline\":\"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom)\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":756,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Tax-returns.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"tax returns\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business and Politics\",\"Social Change\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Tax-returns.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Tax-returns.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/Tax-returns.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/\",\"name\":\"World leading higher education information and services\",\"description\":\"Global Higher Education Jobs, University jobs, Lecturer &amp; tenure jobs.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee\",\"name\":\"Kevin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g8ba4c352a279c450aa9435d770c1ebf4\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kevin\"},\"description\":\"Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/world.edu\\\/author\\\/kevin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services","og_description":"Your tax code is an important piece of information because it governs how much tax you will pay. The code is created and applied by HMRC but there is always the chance that something can go wrong. So how do you know if you are on the right tax code and what can you do [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/","og_site_name":"World leading higher education information and services","article_published_time":"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":426,"url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kevin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kevin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/"},"author":{"name":"Kevin","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee"},"headline":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom)","datePublished":"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/"},"wordCount":756,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg","keywords":["tax returns"],"articleSection":["Business and Politics","Social Change"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/","name":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom) - World leading higher education information and services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg","datePublished":"2018-06-07T09:51:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-07T09:52:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tax-returns.jpg","width":680,"height":426},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/am-i-on-the-right-tax-code-united-kingdom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/world.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Am I on the right tax code? (United Kingdom)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/","name":"World leading higher education information and services","description":"Global Higher Education Jobs, University jobs, Lecturer &amp; tenure jobs.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/world.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/42c1c1d5ff7ffbdf0bd50ed94c6ae6ee","name":"Kevin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g8ba4c352a279c450aa9435d770c1ebf4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8d491a5f9b9bf3db67c9e46abbba7bb06b26b458bd5025c55e0a4b9b60ea8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kevin"},"description":"Kevin is founder of the world.edu project. The past 28 years have been involved in publishing to the education sector in print and the internet. Kevin has a degree in Education and has a many years experience in developing companies and projects.","sameAs":["https:\/\/world.edu"],"url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/author\/kevin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43972"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=43972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}