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UK individuals who have recently stopped working and are not claiming certain taxable benefits can now claim a tax refund.
If your employment ended for any reason partway through the tax year (which runs from April 6, 2025, to April 5, 2026), you may have overpaid income tax, and Tax Claimer can help you to claim an early refund.
Start your claim online
Step 1: Are You Due a Tax Refund?
You might be due a refund if you answer ‘yes’ to all of the questions below.
- Did you leave a job or were you dismissed or made redundant partway through the tax year? Tax years start on 6 April and end on the following 5 April.
- Were you employed and paying tax through PAYE (Pay As You Earn)?
- Are you still out of work?
- Tax Claimer will provide a free eligibility check and let you know if you can claim a refund within 30 minutes during working hours
Provide your P45 with pages 2 & 3.
Step 2: Working out how much you can claim.
How much you can get back will depend on:
- How much have you earned since the tax year started
- How much tax did you pay on those earnings and any other income.
Tax Claimer will prepare you claim and all the paperwork and submit it to HMRC to get your refund.
HMRC will process your claim and settle any refund due.
Step 3: Tax Claimer will liaise with HMRC to ensure any refund due is processed.
If you are digitally challenged or do not want to spend hours on the phone with HMRC:
- Tax Claimer takes care of the full process to obtain your refund.
- HMRC processes the refund and sends it to Tax Claimer.
- Tax Claimer deducts our fee and transfers you the remaining balance the same day.
Tax Claimer will prepare your full claim and all the paperwork and submit it to HMRC to obtain your refund. Tax claimer will liase with HMRC to enure they have received the claim and it is actively being worked on to acheive any prospective refund due.
You cannot claim your tax refund unless your last paycheck came more than 4 weeks ago. This is important because you might stop working before getting your last payslip
You may be eligible if you've stopped working, have been unemployed for at least four weeks, don't expect to return to work for another four weeks, and are not claiming taxable state benefits. It can also be used by those who have retired but aren't yet receiving their company pension, or those who have returned to full-time study and won't work for the rest of the tax year
Do not claim a refund if you are starting a new job within four weeks, as your new employer will handle the tax adjustment. You also should not claim if you are claiming taxable state benefits, receiving a pension from your former employer, or if you took a small pension lump sum, as that is another type of possible claim.
Free refund eligibility check
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Online or on the phone
Start and complete your refund claim application online or on the phone. Whichever way you feel most comfortable to suit your needs..
Share document's
We ask you to share documents relating to your claim. We then review your case file and make you aware if we feel you have a strong case for a refund.
Claim decision
Once our checks are complete, we will notify you if your application meets the criteria to claim a tax refund within 30 minutes during working hours..