National Insurance and Tax

You will need to pay National Insurance contributions and tax whilst you are working in the UK. Although your employer will work out how much you have to pay, it's worth knowing a little bit about how it works.

National Insurance Number

All students must have a National Insurance Number. This is a unique identification of you for your employer and the tax office. It looks like this:

AB 12 34 56 C 

As an International student you will need to apply for a National Insurance number as soon as you have found work although you can work and be paid without a National Insurance number.

Working on Campus

If you are employed by the University of Bath (i.e. you have been set up through
either JobLink or Human Resources) you are able to apply for your National
Insurance number by post.

This system allows you to send the required documents to a central office
and they will issue you with your number. Come to JobLink (1East 3.11) to collect
the form.

Working off Campus

If you are not employed by the University of Bath, you need to call the National
Insurance Number Allocation Service on 0845 600 0643, if you are hard of hearing, or have speech difficulties call 0845 600 0644. They will tell you what to
do next.

Tax

If you earn over your personal allowance each year, you will be eligible to pay tax.

You must complete a tax form when you start work in the UK. This form is used to deduct the right amount of tax from your pay.

If you feel you have paid too much tax and you want to claim it back, you need to call the tax office on 0845 3021443

For more information on tax click here

HMRC's Facebook application http://apps.facebook.com/uktaxrefundcalc 
is for students to estimate whether they're eligible for a tax refund, and, if
so, how much.

If you are an International Student and wish to claim tax back once you have left the UK, please click here