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Updated on 6 April 2026

PAYE: employer errors

If HMRC calculate that you have not paid enough tax but you think that the underpayment arises because your employer or pension provider failed to operate Pay As You Earn (PAYE) correctly, you can challenge HMRC. You can request that HMRC check whether they should be asking your employer or pension ...

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Updated on 6 April 2026

PAYE underpayments

If you receive employment income or pension income (other than the state pension), your employer or pension provider takes tax off your income throughout the tax year via Pay As You Earn (PAYE). In most cases, this means you pay the correct tax by the end of the year; but not always. You should ...

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Updated on 6 April 2026

PAYE at the end of the tax year

We explain about the forms you should receive if you are within Pay As You Earn (PAYE) at the end of the tax year and the processes that HMRC carry out to check your tax. 

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Updated on 6 April 2026

PAYE on pensions

If you get money from an occupational pension, private pension or retirement annuity, the pension payer deducts tax from your pension under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. We look at how PAYE applies to pensions and some problems you might encounter with your tax code. The information on this ...

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Updated on 6 April 2026

PAYE coding notices

HMRC issue Pay As You Earn (PAYE) coding notices to let people know what their tax code is each year and if it changes during the tax year. On this page, we look at who gets a PAYE coding notice and how to check if it is correct. We explain how you can get your tax code changed if you think it is ...

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Updated on 6 April 2026

Special PAYE codes

We set out the basics, including the common letters you will see in a tax code, on our page PAYE codes. Here, we explain more about special PAYE codes you may come across and what an emergency code is.

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