Personal allowance and income taxation

by **Reggie885** on Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:53 pm

Hi,

I have recently come to the UK and started working here. Now I have received my first pay, but it is slightly lower than I expected.
After a little search I found my employer used tax code '0T M1' --> no personal allowance left.
However, I have never worked in the UK before and thus have not used up any of my personal allowance.
What do I need to do to fix this?
Contact the HMRC? Wait for the end of the tax year (P60) and reclaim overpaid taxes? Anything else?

Thanks,
Reg.

by **section 44** on Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:21 pm

You could do either of those things. Contacting HMRC may mean that you get the tax back quicker than waiting until the end of the year.

by **mullet** on Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:13 pm

You should ask your employer to offer you a P46. That should give you the emergency tax code, i.e. one tweflth of the annual personal allowance each month on a non-cumulative basis.