Tax refunds
Claiming tax back when you've overpaid
- Are you a student?
- A visitor to the UK on a working holiday Visa?
- Employed part-time?
- About to leave the UK?
If the answer is yes to any of these then you could be due a tax refund. A tax refund is a payment made by HMRC when an individual has overpaid tax in a particular year, they can sometims be called tax rebates or claiming some tax back. The refund needs to be claimed by the taxpayer as the government won't automatically repay it.
The most likely to qualify are students, visitors to the UK, and people who have left a job partway through a tax year. Just because you're not in these groups though doesn't mean you won't be eligible, statistics show 1 in 3 people in the UK are due some money back. You can claim a tax rebate for the last six years and average refund is over £600. If you think you may be due a tax refund you can check by using our free tax refund calculator.
How do I claim a tax rebate?
You have two options to get your tax refund; if you want to take control of your own affairs then you can claim your own tax rebate if however you'd rather we did all the work then you can use our tax rebate service and for a small fee (find out about our charges) we'll take all the hassle away. The choice is yours, whichever you choose just remember: the taxman's got enough cash, we're guessing you haven't!