Check your tax codes for HMRC errors

North Wales based accountants Pritchett & Co Limited is warning that up to three million people that have more than one source of income potentially face backdated tax bills of £2,000 per year because of errors made by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Among those most likely to be affected are veterans who draw a military pension and have taken a civilian job after leaving the Armed Forces. Pensioners with two pensions and those who work part-time after retirement are also likely to be hit.

Andrew Morris, from Pritchett & Co Limited noted that problems typically arise because tax offices across Britain are failing to share information about taxpayers’ incomes. “Often when people have two sources of income, whether that’s from pensions, PAYE employment or a mixture of the two, there are two tax codes issued by separate HMRC offices because each acts on the information given to them by an employer, pension provider or the taxpayer. The mistakes are discovered by HMRC years later, leading to unexpected tax demands,” said Andrew Morris.

For more information please contact us at info@pritchettandco.co.uk or call us on 01492 534250.

The author is a director at Pritchett & Co Limited, Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers, members of UK200Group with offices throughout the UK and Associates overseas.