Quiz - PAYE challenge

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* 1. What is the basic personal allowance for 2019/20?

£10,500

£12,500

£13,500

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* 2. What would 'increase' your tax code?

Employment expenses

Untaxed income (for example, bank interest)

Unpaid tax from earlier year

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* 3. James is entitled to total allowances of £12,980, including the basic personal allowance. What is his tax code and how much tax free pay is he allowed each month?

1298L. £1,081.66 tax-free pay each month

1298L. £1,298 tax-free pay each month

1250L. £1,041.66 tax-free pay each month

1250L. £1,250 tax-free pay each month

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* 4. Gemma earned £22,000 during 2019/20 and had a tax code 1250L – how much tax should she have paid during 2019/20?

£2,090

£1,900

£1,425

£1,710

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* 5. Samir is a teacher. In 2019/20, he worked from April to September. From October to February he is unemployed. In March he finds a teaching job paying £2,000 a month, and as he has lost his P45, completes a Starter Checklist, ticking box B.

How much PAYE would Samir have paid in March?

£0

£191.66

£250.44

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* 6. Carrying on the Samir example above, do you think at the end of the tax year Samir will owe tax or be due a refund?

Be due a refund

Owe tax