Yes.

At 08.20 on BBC 1 today, article about bailiff behaviour...looks interesting!

From what you've posted I would say you had been negligent or careless but you don't appear to have committed fraud in my honest opinion. You have mitigating circumstances which were that your son was ill and you too were unwell Ring or write to HMRC and make arrangements for the overpaid amount to be repaid (they will consider time to pay) I know it's easy for me to say but PLEASE do not stress out over this; making the initial contact is always the worst, but once you've done it you will feel better.. You can't buy peace if mind after all

Does your hubby know what type of pension it is? If it's a stakeholder pension or done under a salary sacrifice, the amount is deducted off the gross pay before tax is deducted thereby giving tax relief at source. It's possible that it's something to do with that.

Google COP 26 (COP = code of practice) This will give you HMRCs stance on recovering overpayments which should put your mind at rest.

Good excuse for not making repayments though

HMRC may consider a failure to notify penalty in respect of income tax and Class 2 NI The penalty can be mitigated by the way in which your friend shows, tells and helps HMRC in determining her liability. My advice would be to ring HMRC and inform them of her self employment, if she only receives £250 PCM it's unlikely that she will have any liability because she will be able to claim allowable expenses such as fuel, phone bills etc which will reduce the amount still further. The fact that there is not likely to be any liability to tax does not remove the requirement to inform HMRC

Yes as long as she has not been in receipt of any other income prior to commencement with B&Q

What I'm trying to establish are the sources of income from 6 April up to the date she became employed by B&Q If your girlfriend was in receipt of self employed income, the amount of profit less allowable expenses will need to be established. It is likely that HMRC will operate the tax code for B&Q on a week 1/month 1 basis which means that each week or month your girlfriend is paid will be treated as if it were the first week or month of the tax year, this is because full details of your girlfriends income are not yet known. However, even if the code is operated on this basis no tax will be payable as the amount paid is below the threshold but once the self employed profit to cessation is known, this added to the B&Q income there will be tax due on the profits which will be paid via self assessment return. Turning now to the NI, Class 2 NI would have been paid on the self employed income. Class 1 is paid on employed income but again only if the income above the threshold (same as tax) except there is a 0% rate (the lower earnings limit) which protects entitlement to benefits in the future

I take it you had some written particulars of engagement (contract) between you and the company which contained details regarding payment?

Was she in receipt of benefits (e.g JSA) prior to commencing with B&Q?

Hi oldmanmille, Did you get to see the legal advisor at CAB and get your claim form in?

Yes seems very strange! Have you asked your line manager or supervisor why your pay rise is dependent on the conduct of your colleague?

Are you responsible for mentoring or coaching this colleague?

You're welcome Kind regards Gbarbm

No probs, glad it's sorted, just keep all the paperwork safe as he will need it to claim a refund of income tax for the period from 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2012 Kind regards Gbarbm

Well said dx... The ONLY way to get a free ride is to become a bus driver!

If the amount paid to you by the company is for business use, you can make a claim to HMRC by downloading form P87 and sending it to your tax office on the grounds that the expense is incurred wholly, necessarily and exclusively in the performance of the duties of your employment and is obliged to be incurred, within the provisions of Section 336 ITEPA (Income Tax, Earnings and Pension Act) 2003 This will have the effect of negating the charge. You could also suggest to your employer that they apply to HMRC for a dispensation which will remove the need for them to declare the amount and you to have to counterclaim it as a business expense

As far as I am aware, the fact that you have a contractural PILON should not prevent you from receiving statutory redundancy pay ( you can read more about this on the Directgov website)

Yes they can't freeze you but they can fry you! If the conditions are making you ill go to your GP and get him/her to sign you off sick. Also, do you have a health and safety rep or union rep? If so take it up with them as they may be able to help

The manager can do till readings to account for the money in the till; maybe you can insist on this being done prior to a different cashier signing on to the till thus will highlight any shortages and will help to pin point the culprit. I've copied and pasted some information about this below from an accountancy website that deals with retail clients. I agree that having the shortages taken from pay us unfair particularly if you haven't done anything wrong, but I suspect that it us included in your contract. What are X & Z Readings? The X Reading is a subtotal of where the cash register is for the day.* The Z Reading is the total reading for the day and brings the starting total for the next day back to Zero. Any busy business will perform a number of X Readings everyday and particularly at times that employees don’t expect. Some Danger Signs to Watch Out For If there is substantially more money in the till in the till on a regular basis, this is because the money has been put into the till but not rung up.* With this usually done with a view to taking the money out at a later stage.* If there is less money in the till than what the X or Z Readings denote, then there has been money removed from the till and you need to question where it is.

In all honesty, they realise they have, for want of a better phrase "cocked up" and are trying to do some damage limitation in order to mitigate their error. They probably realise that this error will be picked up on an internal audit and they will get it in the neck. The best that can be achieved based on the existing circumstances is this; 1) the ex employer should pay the monies to your hubby and provide details of the date the amount was paid, the gross amount due, the tax code operated and the net amount. 2) Code BR(or 0T) should be operated by the employer, this will deduct tax at 20p in the pound 3) once full details of your husbands income are held, which will comprise the P60 from the employer he was with at 5 April (if your hubby was in receipt of JSA a P60U will be issued) and the letter regarding the monies paid from the ex employer; your hubby should pass the details to his tax office which will be the one that dealt with the previous employer, they will then deal with any refund of tax due. If you need details of the tax office address, come back to me on here and I can provide them.

Leaflet SE1 is a useful starting point (see link) www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/se1.pdf

Oh well it'll be smokers next then people who are overweight then all the people with blue eyes... You heard it here first folks!

Can you ring HR tomorrow and tell them that you are concerned that you have not heard anything regarding confirmation of your maternity leave start date which is due to commence on Friday and see what they come back with