• You should try and leave a small amount of money in your UK bank account so that you can still receive any payments due to you. These payments could be a late payment due to a holiday pay scheme from your employer, late salary payments or unexpected refunds. 
• You should also ask your bank about how to close the account from your home country to make sure that you know about the procedure before you leave the UK.
  
• You should ensure that your employer has the correct address to enable them to forward any outstanding payments or correspondence to you. 
• Reclaiming Tax: If you fill out the form P85 BEFORE you leave the country it will enable you to claim any overpaid tax due to you, although you can claim back overpaid tax for up to six years previous to the current tax year. However, it is probably best to claim back any overpaid tax as soon as you leave your employment so you can get help with the form if you need it; it is also easier to obtain your P45 and other documents while you are still in the country. The website to look at which explains how the system for reclaiming overpaid tax works is -http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/overpaid-thro-job.htm  or you can call the tax office on 0845 3021443. 

If you have any queries about the above, please contact JobLink in the Student Union (I east 3.11), we are open 11am – 3pm email joblink@bath.ac.uk