Income tax

Having recently started a new job I found that my second months salary was

100 less than my first months salary. After querying this I was told it was because I finished my previous job on the last day of the month (friday) and did not start my new job until the following thursday. This meant I had 5 days of tax allowances because I was technically unemployed for those days even though I did not sign on. Does this mean that tax is calculated over the whole month and not just the days you work, if this is the case would it not be a good way to pay less tax to only be employed monday to friday and start a fresh each monday e.g. you are only employed for every 20 days out of 28 and are unemployed for 8 i.e. the weekends. Obviously you would not qualify for some benefits but you could save a lot of money in tax. I am sure the bar stewards sorry inland revenue would try and stop you but do you think it could be a goer.

Jon

The way the PAYE works is that each month it allows you 1/12 or 1/52 of the annual allowances so over the year the calculation ends up correct> Did you take the P45 to your new employer? If not they could have you on the wrong code until the paperwork catches up. There is no advantage such as you suspect.