im 19 and in college 16 hours, do i pay tax?

[original nuttah]

Hi all, im in college 16hr per week and starting work soon, dose any one know if i can claim the tax back or whever i have to pay tax in the first place, i hate all this tax and vat bollox dose my head in!
can any body help?
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[Paxovasa]

They work it out on how much you get paid.
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[Alabama Blacksnake]

Your work place will work it out for you. If you do need to claim tax back you payed. You do it at the end of the finacial year april 30th i think you can get the forms here www.taxrefunds.co.uk. It talks you through the process
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trevoriv said: Leathers are like teenage girls, the tighter the better.

[ms51ves3]

Depends on how much you are earning.

[Alabama Blacksnake]

iirc you can earn under £6500 before tax but will pay N.I if you earn over £110 a week.
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trevoriv said: Leathers are like teenage girls, the tighter the better.

[Flip]

Even if you are taxed it'll be so little you won't notice anyway. Don't worry about it.

[yambabe]

Lots of "nearly" answers as usual.......

If you earn more than £125 per week you will pay tax on anything over that £125. Kicker is right that you start paying NIC when you earn over £110 per week.

Being in college doesn't really have anything to do with it, if you are a student working only during the holidays you can sign a declaration so you get paid free of tax until you have earned £6475 (after which you pay 20% on everything) but HMRC are trying to phase this out and most employers don't use it any more.
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[GhostRider]

Have they raised it to £110 over the past few years? I used to earn £80-90 a week and they used to tax me, I remember phoning up the tax office and saying WTF but they basically said tough shit.


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[yambabe]

[GhostRider]

So they were ripping me off then? No surprises there, luckily they weren't privy to my 'business' on the side which earned me a pretty penny through uni and paid for a couple of holidays, so hooray for me.

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[Frost]

You have a tax code, something like 645L, ass a 0 to the number bit and you will get how much you can earn before you start to pay tax, with that code £6450. You will then pay 20% tax on everything over that you earn. If you earn more than £110 a week you will pay 11% national insurance. The tax you pay is usually calculated pro-rata meaning they treat you like you've been earning what you are all year and will continue to do so. So you won;t be tax free till you've earned £6450, but will start paying it after the first month or so. If at the end of the year you've earned less than £6450 you can apply for a rebate.