The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 3, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
HMRC thinks I am someone else – and it’s costing me £450 a month
Tax authority has associated a stranger’s national insurance number to my own, and is charging me as if I have two jobs In November, HM Revenue and Customs randomly associated someone else’s job to my national insurance (NI) number. I can see where they work, when they started, their payroll number and how much they are earning.
HMRC is now taxing me as if I have two jobs, earning twice as much as I do, and adding on a tax adjustment for the tax it thinks I didn’t pay last year. It’s costing me about £450 a month in extra tax and NI contributions.
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