Paid too much by work

[dl8860]

I've been paid too much by work. Disaster.

Through a combination of me not being properly educated about how to use the time sheet system and the time sheet system itself not working properly, I have been paid £270 too much in November and December last year.

These are from out of office and offshore allowances that I received, £10 for being 25+ miles from the office and £50 for being overseas or offshore.

So I write to accounts and tell them and get a reply saying I'll be paid £270 less next month.

But what about tax? Closer inspection shows that I pay no tax on the £10 allowances but I do pay 20% tax on the £50 allowances.

The £270 is made up of 17*£10 + 2*£50.

If I am simply paid £270 less on my next pay slip, will I be losing out or avoiding tax somehow? Can't get my head around it.

 

[twist3d0n3]

it'll get readjusted by the tax office i would've thought

 

[CREATIVE!11]

I would have just kept quiet and let it slip and shrugged.

 

[londonbairn]

if youre on PAYE it should in theory be adjusted. Just ask your accounts/payroll department to make sure

 

[Shadez]

So I write to accounts and tell them and get a reply saying I'll be paid £270 less next month.

They cannot deduct from your wages without your permission. You still need to pay it back but you can do so on your own terms.

 

[MooMoo444]

So I write to accounts and tell them and get a reply saying I'll be paid £270 less next month.

ouch

fine example why its better to just not say anything.

 

[clankk]

as long as the deduction is made before tax, its okay. It cancels out, you will pay less tax to recover what was taken! Happened to me years ago, got paid 12 an hour instead of 6.50. I quit right after they noticed, a whole year later! ! In my defence, it was an agency reaping me off