Weekly tax on payslip

 Author: ExMember22(Champion)Champion

14 Mar 2024

An employer can't withhold from the same payment twice, but from my reading of what you've said, that's not what happened.

Because you also received 4 days pay from the previous employer in the same period you received 1 day pay from the new employer, overall you would not have been below the tax free threshold for that period - so had the new employer not made an adjustment in the next pay, their not withholding from the one day from the first pay period they paid you would have likely resulted in the tax withheld by both of your employers not being sufficient to cover your tax liability for the year (i.e you would have had to pay the shortfall when you lodged your tax return for the year).