Tax rebate whilst on maternity leave UK

My SMP comes through my payroll, I got around £100 back on tax this month. Some last month too before my wage fully dropped.

I got a rebate last month from 2022/23 so might be a while if you are due one! It usually corrects in your wages I think for that though

Depends how your employer does payroll but most likely you won’t get it until the end of the tax year which is March 2026.

It depends on how your maternity leave falls over tax years. I got one as my baby was late April. It took ages to get the money back though, my baby was 19 months before I got my tax rebate. You can work out if you’ve been overtaxed when humour get your P60, but then you have to wait another 6 months for HMRC to work that out and issue the rebate, it’s not something you can raise with them.

I thought i would get one but I didn't!

I randomly got a tax rebate last week ( 2 years after my Mat leave) x

I got a tax rebate last time I was on Mat leave ☺️

The only year I've been asked to pay back money is the year I'm on maternity leave 🤦🏼‍♀️

I've had tax back on my payslip every month on stat pay

The tax code I’m on splits my tax free allowance over the 12 months equally as I’m salaried so I know what I get each month. Therefore after my 6 months of full pay maternity ended, I started to get a rebate every month until end of tax year as the PAYE system realised I wasn’t getting my usual salary & had therefore overpaid on my tax. My maternity did start in April though (start of the tax year) so is a lot easier to work out

Thanks everyone! I haven’t received any rebate in my last statutory pay for January but will check this month x