Students: Get any overpaid tax back

If you have overpaid tax on your earnings or interest from your savings you can claim it back, if your taxable income is covered by your tax allowances. You may have paid too much tax if you don't earn much or if your only, or main, source of income is savings interest. You can check whether we might owe you a tax refund by using the tax checker.

Pay/wages
If you think you have paid too much tax you can ask your Tax Office for a repayment claim form P50 (PDF 75K). Or, you can ask your Tax Office to review your tax position at the end of the tax year to see if you might be due a repayment.

You can find out how to contact your Tax Office by going to the Contact Us pages.

The time limit for making a repayment claim is five years and ten months from the end of the tax year. For example, you must make a claim for repayment of tax paid in the tax year that ended in April 2004 by 31 January 2010.

Savings
To reclaim tax paid on savings you should complete a form R40 (PDF 102K) and return it to your Tax Office.

We will accept claims during the year including where

• after giving your bank or building society a registration form R85 (PDF 34K), they have not paid back the tax they've already taken off your interest during the tax year.
  

The time limit for making a repayment claim is five years and ten months from the end of the tax year. For example, you must make a claim for repayment of tax paid in the tax year that ended in April 2004 by 31 January 2010.

You can find further information on our Taxback page.