If you have more than one job, you will usually have different tax codes for those jobs – for example, your ‘main’ job (often the one you got first) will likely have a coding that takes your personal allowance into account, whereas your second job will often have a BR code, telling the employer to tax all income at the …
Where can I find my tax coding notice?
There are several places you can find your tax code:
- PAYE Coding Notice, Form P2 – you and your employer get this ‘notice of coding’ from HMRC in the mail every March.
- Payslips – weekly or monthly, from your employer.
- P60 – your annual tax summary, from your employer.
When do the coding notices start for PAYE?
HMRC has come under heavy criticism during the last two weeks from all sectors of the press in relation to the issue of the annual coding notices for PAYE. This starts in mid-January, and will run until mid-March, by which time employers will have been notified of the codes to use for their employees for 2010/11.
When do you get a new coding notice from HMRC?
Your circumstances can change during the tax year, so HMRC can amend your tax code at any time and send you a new PAYE coding notice. Keep all your coding notices to check that HMRC have calculated your tax code correctly and that your employer is using the correct tax code for you.
What do you need to know about the coding notice?
The coding notice provides a note for every item in the tax code calculation. These notes are intended to help you to check your tax code, but the way the tax rules work means this is not always straightforward.
Can a coding notice be issued in hard copy?
There are some cases where HMRC are not obliged to issue a coding notice in hard copy, but you can still ask them for one (you will always be able to see your current coding notice in your Personal Tax Account ); and tell your employer (or pension provider) what your tax code is, but not how they have worked it out.
