Taxation For Full time students

manisinghb · 15 Jul 2010 at 08:37

Heys guys, as the title suggests, I think I may have been over taxed from a part time job I had with Asda last year. I worked from November 2009 to February 2010 whilst studying full time in my third year at uni. I earned around £2000 in this time, but got taxed as though I'm working full time?! I called the tax guys who said that students get taxed full which I and others doubt so? Any ideas and input on what or who I could go to??

apatia77 · 15 Jul 2010 at 08:45

Contact HM Revenue, they will get it sorted for you, it takes few months though for the cheque to arrive but it'll happen eventually.

PlumpMonkey · 15 Jul 2010 at 08:46

Students don't get a special tax rate, they pay the normal rate of tax that everyone else does.

That being said, if all your earnings for the year totalled £2000, then this is under the personal allowance limit and you should get a refund.

Ring up the tax office, tell them you earn under the personal limit last year (if that's the case) and you paid tax and need a refund.

manisinghb · 15 Jul 2010 at 09:03

just got off the phone to HM Revenue after being advised to check the student tax calculator it appears as PlumpMonkey said I may be waaaay under my personal allowance limit and I should be offered a refund. They said they will check up and get in touch, give that a week shall I? lol...

edit: the 'student tax calculator' link I have inserted is to calculate your taxing whilst studying.

Conrad11 · 15 Jul 2010 at 12:34

On this note. I should start a summer job soon, can I tell me employer not to tax me (or only tax me NI) or does it not work like that? No way my earnings for the tax year will go over the personal allowance.

Thanks.

Pipe & Slippers · 15 Jul 2010 at 12:38

No you can't tell your employer not to tax you - he has to treat you like any other employee

Conrad11 · 15 Jul 2010 at 12:40

So how do they gauge what tax code to put me on then?

Dunks · 15 Jul 2010 at 12:41

Students get taxed like everyone else. Most earn under the personal allowance threshold so don't.

sigma · 15 Jul 2010 at 12:59

Conrad11 said:
So how do they gauge what tax code to put me on then?

IIRC they'll put you on a temporary tax code then you get a tax rebate later on.

Deiwos · 15 Jul 2010 at 13:02

Conrad11 said:
So how do they gauge what tax code to put me on then?

You'll probably get put on emergency tax code, then once you've started earning this will be adjusted and you'll go on to a suitable tax code. You'll have to wait until the end of the financial year to claim any tax back though.

csmager · 15 Jul 2010 at 13:04

Pipe & Slippers said:
No you can't tell your employer not to tax you - he has to treat you like any other employee

Well, actually, you can.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/p38s.pdf

manisinghb · 15 Jul 2010 at 16:07

Pipe & Slippers said:
No you can't tell your employer not to tax you - he has to treat you like any other employee

of course you can tell your employee not to tax you, but obviously in an 'indirect' manner, you will ask them to provide you with the appropriate form to fill out which they send to HM Revenue so you're put on the right tax code. Some employees don't do this so you have to sort that out with HM Revenue yourself mostly at the end of the tax year for a tax refund