Details of personal tax allowances - HMRC website

[Venisonpie]

I'm struggling with the HMRC website to get visibility of what makes up my personal allowances - summary below. What I can't seem to find is what each of these is actually for. I suspect both are residues from previous employments, the job expenses I think is claiming tax relief on mileage claims below the maximum payable and the personal pension from a time I paid into a private pension directly. Is there a way of finding how these actually came about? I think I need to update them as my pension is now a public sector one and the mileage stopped earlier in the year.

Any advice appreciated.

How your tax-free amount is calculated

Personal Allowance £12,570

Additions

Personal Pension Payments £1,785 Update or remove
Job expenses £2,280 Update or remove
Total additions £4,065

[Eric Mc]

It sounds like you just need to remove those allowances that are no longer applicable. Has your PAYE on your current salary been correctly calculated or are you still getting a deduction for allowances that you no longer should be claiming?

[Venisonpie]

Eric Mc said:

It sounds like you just need to remove those allowances that are no longer applicable. Has your PAYE on your current salary been correctly calculated or are you still getting a deduction for allowances that you no longer should be claiming?

Thanks. I'm benefiting from both but din't know if this is still valid or not.

[Eric Mc]

Not sure what you mean but if your personal tax allowance is indicating that you are claiming for a work related expense that you no longer incur, then your tax allowance is too high and you are not paying enough tax.

You need to contact HMRC to let them know that you are not entitled to claim for these expenses and they will adjust your allowances accordingly and you will start paying the correct PAYE.

The normal personal tax allowance for an individual with no extra allowances being claimed is £12,570 - which show as a PAYE Code of 1257L

[Venisonpie]

Eric Mc said:

Not sure what you mean but if your personal tax allowance is indicating that you are claiming for a work related expense that you no longer incur, then your tax allowance is too high and you are not paying enough tax.

You need to contact HMRC to let them know that you are not entitled to claim for these expenses and they will adjust your allowances accordingly and you will start paying the correct PAYE.

The normal personal tax allowance for an individual with no extra allowances being claimed is £12,570 - which show as a PAYE Code of 1257L

Ta, suspect I'll owe them a bit.