PAYE95035 - Reconcile individual: HMRC delay: ESC A19: underpayments - overpaid tax for other tax years
Overpaid tax should only be repaid or set off against an underpayment to which ESC A19 does not apply.
Example
Tax years 2008-2009 to 2010-2011 are notified to the taxpayer who makes an ESC A19 claim.
After review the position is as follows
- 2008-2009 - Tax overpaid £100
- 2009-2010 - Tax underpaid £400 but is given up under ESC A19
- 2010-2011- Tax underpaid £350 but ESC A19 does not apply
The tax of £400 for 2009-2010 is recorded as a Revenue Loss and noted in the ESC A19 Establishment file, PAYE95105.
The overpaid tax for 2008-2009 is set off against the 2010-2011 underpaid tax, reducing the tax due to £250.
If there had been no tax underpaid for 2010-2011 then the overpaid tax of £100, would be repaid to the taxpayer.
