When you are a full time student, it can be very difficult to get enough hours outside of the time you devote to study and to socialising to work a job. However, most students do find that they need to have a job while they study rather than getting by on student loans and whatever [...]
Tax Rebates & Refunds
The chain of communication that ensures you are taxed correctly
The HMRC obviously relies on having complete information about your employment status in order to work out how much tax you ought to be paying if any at all. This is why your national insurance number is used so widely. When you start a new job, begin receiving dole payments, become a student and so [...]
Overturning the application of an emergency tax code
Emergency tax is something that some people go their entire professional lives without coming across. The fact is that in many cases, emergency tax just never becomes an issue because people’s professional circumstances are very uncomplicated. They have a single job at a time, their employers maintain contact with the HMRC and everything is [...]
Earning below the tax threshold at university
If you spent time at university in the last six years and you worked a job at the same time, it is worth digging out any documentation you have related to the years you spent in full time study. This documentation will tell you whether you paid tax on any of your earnings. The fact [...]
Do not stop thinking about tax once you are taking your pension
When you retire you may imagine that all your issues related to tax become much simpler. In many cases this is true, but you should not think that your tax payments no longer need to be looked at. It is entirely possible for people to pay too much tax through their pensions and this is [...]

