50% income tax calculation in 24/25 tax year

Its basically calculated 50% PAYE...

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I appreciate you sharing a screenshot and detailed information about your income tax, iain.

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I spent 2 hours with the payroll experts, who eventually said it must be an issue with the HMRC and then spent another hour with the HMRC who said the tax should be 0. Hence the post here and an email back to support

Hi Iainmaris

Did you manage to find away to solve this problem.

I have the same issue with someone being paid £250 a week and it has taken £125 tax 

Thanks

Hi 
I also have the same issue . But the other director of the company doesn't seem to be affected. I think its related to my tax code but i don't know what to do to resolve it . 

Has anyone managed to sort it out?

No this still isn't sorted out,  they want me to post a screenshot from HMRC telling them it's 0 tax.  Can i ask what your tax code.. mine is 1337L and it changed at the start of this tax year.  Just wondering if yours did or did not, trying to narrow down what could be the problem

It is taking the "regulatory amount" as the tax amount even though there is no tax to pay on a gross of £1047.  the only change i have made is to update the tax code since the new tax year.

Hi

On the issue I have, this has happened because there is a figure of over £12000 showing in the YTD Gross earnings, I think they have posted the P45 details in this tax year when it should have been in 2023/24 tax year.  I think I need to delete the payroll done for this year and the last week of last year to get it straight.

If you think the tax codes are correct, I would check the opening balances/YTD values and see if there are any figures in there.

Thanks

Yes my tax code changed and if I put any amount into the pay it always takes 50%. E.g. £1200 takes £600,  £5000 takes £2500

Also if I change it to one week one month tax type it works fine. But that's not what it should be. 

Same here, even put the tax code to a standard one and it still takes 50% tax  .. did you say your other director was ok? Or was that someone else’s post? Has their tax code changed or not?, I don’t have time to wait for support to sort it out

Perhaps someone from support might see this and try and help!

yes i did say the other director was fine but her tax code didn't change. I have been through all my submissions and on the to the Gov portal and i cant find anything that suggest i should be paying extra tax.

Nothing i do seems to change it from 50%. I even redid last months and its the same. 

There is clearly a problem with the system and i sat on chat with the L1 support on Friday and didn't get anywhere , But they did say the could see a problem when i was sharing my screen but couldn't fix it and they were going to pass it to L2 support for Monday. But not heard anything yet

I can imagine the hurdle you've been through trying to fix this, @iainmaris. I'll make it up to you by making sure you'll get the urgent help you need.

However, it's important for this matter to be addressed by our payroll experts. They are well-equipped to organize a screen-sharing session with you, carefully examining your payroll setup and determining the root cause of the 50% income tax deduction. Rest assured, they will dedicate their expertise to resolving this issue swiftly.

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2. Click Contact Us.
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5. Select the Chat or Callback option.

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If you have further questions about your income taxes, you can comment below, and we'll respond to you as soon as possible.

I have already spoken to the L1 support they have escalated it to L2 as they couldn't resolve the issue. I am waiting to hear back today and I was told it would be looked at on Monday. 

And I spent 2 hours with support, who said it must be an issue with HMRC not with the software

Hi iainmaris, thans for getting back in touch.

I can see that your case has been escalated with our support team and further information has been requested by email. Please respond to the email at your earliest convenience so that we can proceed. Thank you!