jsa & tak rebates....

[Miss-Coordinated]

Obviously that should've read "jsa & tax rebates"! I have a terrible habit of making typos in my thread titles which are then un-editable


Last year I had a lot of time of work as I had to have several operations then earlier this year my contract ended.
Due to my time off I didn't not meet the minimum earning allowance and filed a tax rebate claim (which was then delayed as I sent a copy of a payslip rather than an original) This has still not been settled.

I am now claiming job seekers allowance as I no longer have any money left to support myself and have been as yet unable to find a job.

Does jsa affect my tax rebate?

[nicklea]

Yes it does. JSA is taxable, just like any other source of income.

A similar thing happened with me last year and what I got back from the tax office was a letter showing how they had calculated my refund and they had picked up that I had erceived jsa during the year. So, I would suggest, don't worry and wait until you hear back from hmrc

[Miss-Coordinated]

Thanks!

I've not recieved anything yet but i called a week ago and they said it was still being processed.

Myabe I should mention- my tax claim was for last year, but i have only just signed for jsa, so maybe the fact that it is in two different tax years will affect this...

[nicklea]

If you didn't get any jsa in the last tax year then they won't take this into account.

If you are getting contribution based jsa (which if you worked at all last year you will be) then getting this rebate won't be relevant.