Yes, if you are a higher rate (40%) or additional rate (45%) taxpayer.
Yes, HMRC may adjust your tax band for the current year to extend your 0% tax band.
Your HR department or benefits consultant should be able to tell you who your pension provider is. You should also receive annual statements from your provider.
You can claim back up to 4 years, from 2013-14. Claims for this year (2017/18) will not be processed yet as the 2017/18 tax year has not yet come to an end.
HRMC aim to process claims in 8-12 weeks.
Your letter will be sent immediately.
Not necessarily. However, HMRC may ask for proof of contributions and we recommend that they should be submitted for completeness.
For pension relief claims, you may need to submit your annual pension statement as proof of your pension contributions. You should get these from your pension provider and can request further copies directly from them. Please contact your HR department if you do not know who your pension provider is.
For gift aid relief claims, you can get your statement of charitable contributions from the donation portals such as Just Giving, Virgin Money Giving or Sponsor Me. Just log on and you should be able to find it.
The most popular forms of charitable donations are the following:
Yes. The tax year ends on 5 April and you can claim 4 years back so make sure you get your claims in before 5 April.
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Yes, but before you order the letter please make sure your details have been entered correctly.
Gift aid claim letters are free of charge. And we charge a one-off administration fee of £20 for the pension relief letter.
No, the two letters should be sent to HMRC separately with the relevant enclosures.
If you contribute to a salary sacrifice pension scheme, including an employer’s pension plan, you will be paying into your pension by way of salary sacrifice and no rebate will be due. Also, if you do not submit the correct supporting documentation, HMRC may request it. If you have not received a refund for any other reason you should contact us.
Inclusion of employee benefits (also called fringe benefits) in an employee remuneration package in exchange for giving up part of monetary salary. Such arrangements are entered into most commonly if there are tax or their benefits to be derived by the employer or employee from the arrangement. Employee benefits commonly included in salary sacrifice arrangements are pension contributions, childcare vouchers, annual leave, etc. Please ask your HR department if you are on salary sacrifice.
The calculator is always correct where annual income is below £100,000 and you have no income outside your employment. If your income is above £100,000, you will start to lose your income tax allowance and the results of the Calculator tool will have a slight discrepancy. If you have non-employment income please remember to include all of your income!
When entering your data on the Calculator please remember to enter it accurately. Otherwise, the results may have slight discrepancies. This will not have an impact on your right to claim and HMRC will rebate you the accurate amount of tax due back to you, but this may be different to the amount shown in the calculator.