PAYE

[rfisher]

If you are a 40% income tax payer does your employer take 40% off your salary starting with your April wage packet?

Or do you start at 0% for the first whatever you're allowed then 20% after they've paid you above the 0% allowance etc.?

[rfisher]

What about extra payments?

I've just been taxed on a relocation claim at 40%.

Can I ask payroll to tote up my earnings so far this tax year and get taxed at 20# on the relocation claim instead of 40%?

All seems a bit of a rip off at the moment saying 'well you will be on 40% tax at some point in this tax year so we'll take 40% now anyway'.