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Check your payslip and tax code

Read each line of your payslip, confirm your tax code with HMRC and spot errors early so you are not paying too much or too little tax.

Estimated time: 20–40 minutesUpdated: 28 September 2026

Use this guide when you start a new job, get a pay rise, receive a new tax code letter or think your pay looks wrong. Have your latest payslip, your P60 or P45 if you have one and access to your HMRC online account or the HMRC app.

Step by step

  1. Read the top of your payslip

    Check your name, National Insurance number, pay period and tax code are correct. A wrong National Insurance number can affect your State Pension record. Note your tax code exactly as shown.

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