Martin Lewis issues tax warning for millions as key deadline days awayThe Martin Lewis Money Show, ITV
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00:00Tax codes. Urgently check if yours is correct,
00:04but more importantly, for the backdating, was correct in 2020-2021.
00:09Your tax code tells your employer or pension provider
00:11what tax to take from you.
00:13It normally looks something like this. This is the typical one.
00:15There we go. Just so you know what that means, add a zero to the end.
00:19There we are. And a pound at the beginning.
00:21That's your personal allowance, how much you can earn tax-free each year.
00:24That's what the tax code is saying.
00:26Now, millions of them are wrong.
00:30And the crucial thing here, it is not HMRC's responsibility.
00:34It is not your employer's responsibility.
00:36It is your responsibility to ensure it's right.
00:39Now, you may have overpaid hundreds or thousands of pounds in 2020-2021.
00:44This is your last opportunity to check if that's right.
00:46So go online to a tax code calculator,
00:49which will help explain what it meant, and check if it is right.
00:52Because if not, you're going to miss the opportunity
00:53to get the money back if you're overpaid.
00:55If you're underpaid, by the way, funnily enough,
00:57they have longer to come back and reclaim the tax back off you.