At 66yrs and tax allowance of 9,ooo why am i paying tax on my income of 5,500?

-This link will explain your tax rate at 66 you should be on almost max allowance.

Which in year 2011-2012 is 拢9,940



http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/it.htm



Phone them up etc. . . .give them your NI number of tax ref number if you've got one.This link will explain your tax rate at 66 you should be on almost max allowance.

Which in year 2011-2012 is 拢9,940



http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/it.htm



Phone them up etc. . . .give them your NI number of tax ref number if you've got one.If you are in the UK it will all be to do with how much you have been paid so far. Your tax allowance is divided by 12 (if you are monthly paid) so you get a 12th of it every month so so far, as June was month 3 of the tax year you've had 拢2250 tax allowance. If you've been paid more than that so far this year then you will have paid tax but if, as we go through the year you get paid less then you will start getting the tax back and eventually it will all balance out and assuming you do not earn more than 拢9000 for the whole year you'll end up having not paid anything.



Saying that, I'm assuming your employer's have you on the right tax code - it might be worth checking!
I don't know but as long as you do not have any other income from private pensions or a huge amount of savings you should not be paying tax. Give tax office a call or do it online.
You shouldn't be paying any tax at all on 拢5k- contact your Inland Revenue department.
If that 拢5500 is your total income e.g. state pension, private pension and earnings then you shouldn't be paying any tax. Contact your tax office.