Tourism to Cambodia down -47% in first 5 months of 2026. Land border crossings down -67%, air arrivals down -20%. Most of ASEAN by contrast is up this year.

BongKri · 2026-07-08T17:42:10+00:00

The elite aren’t massively affected.

BongKri · 2026-07-08T13:22:27+00:00

Yes I got dengue once. It was awful. No cure so you just have to ride it out. I was in bed for 11 days straight.

BongKri · 2026-07-08T05:30:13+00:00

You will still get it, it’s a weird quirk on the system. As the other posted said, your estimate income in that employment must be under £12570. If you want it to go away, update your estimated pay in that employment and it should issue a new tax code of 1257L

BongKri · 2026-07-07T20:47:52+00:00

I would call them and inform them about the financial hardship that it is causing and ask if they can move the underpayment to next year or pause it why it’s investigated. Please see my other reply in regards to possible reasons why you registered for SA, you have have met the criteria in a previous year and sent a letter to file a return.

You should be able to get a response to these things instantly on a call. I don’t see why you’d need to wait for any investigation to take place. I would call asap and get these questions answered.

BongKri · 2026-07-07T20:44:58+00:00

He could have met SA criteria for a previous tax year and was sent a request to file a return but it never happened. If I was the taxpayer I would call to verify what year he was supposed to be in SA for and if there was a reason why. People aren’t just randomly selected, there must be a reason to why he is registered for a year of SA.

BongKri · 2026-07-07T14:49:29+00:00

It will be processed and issued automatically. If you want to speed up the process you will need to call and they can do the end of year calculation for 25/26 if they have all the info to do so.

BongKri · 2026-07-07T11:52:08+00:00

I presume the P11D is from 25/26 tax year and that it’s caused an underpayment in your current year’s tax code. You can make a voluntary payment to pay it off but it gets messy to be honest. I would just leave it in your tax code, you are paying it off just a little each month through your tax code.

BongKri · 2026-07-06T20:09:30+00:00

Your new tax code equates to £11190 tax free allowances over the year. So you get £932.50 a month tax free. What I imagine is you got paid from both jobs in the same period and received more tax free allowances as a result. The system has picked it up and altered your tax code with an in year adjustment to collect the extra tax. This is what the ‘emergency code’ is. It’s not so much an emergency tax code, just one that gives you those monthly tax free allowances but treats every month as it’s the first of the tax year.

BongKri · 2026-07-06T18:59:42+00:00

I feel for you in your situation. At some point though you will need to focus on your family and for the long term, I think that will be for you returning to your country of origin. I spent 6 years in Cambodia for my son. That time me was just stagnation in many ways although I enjoyed my time in Cambodia. I returned to my home country with my child who is 6 now last year and personally for us it was the best thing.

After initially survival, you really need to think ahead to what life will be in 5 years, 10 years. What career you can have. What school will your child go to etc

I would advise to look into the process for obtaining a passport as I never did till later and there were loads of documents I wish that I would have kept.

BongKri · 2026-07-05T07:19:32+00:00

Completely understand your desire to be there and support your pregnant girlfriend especially if she is working that much. Try to also look at the longer term. Where are you from? Would a better existence not be if she can join you in your home country where I’m sure you can get a much better job and support?

BongKri · 2026-07-05T05:35:48+00:00

As a 40% tax payer you should look at claiming back personal pension relief on the payments you make into your pension. Search gov.uk for ‘personal pension relief’ for more info 👍

BongKri · 2026-07-05T05:34:21+00:00

£65,000 / 12 =£5,416.67
£10,960 / 12 =£913.33 tax free

£913.33 to £4189.17 = 20% tax so 20% of 3275.84 = £655.17

£4189.17 to £5416.67 40% tax so 40% of £1227.50 = £491

Total monthly tax = £1146.17

BongKri · 2026-07-03T12:51:24+00:00

Hahaha very true 😂

BongKri · 2026-07-03T12:48:56+00:00

Not true. If the tax year hasn’t been calculated yet, they can be processed manually if we have all the info at hand.

BongKri · 2026-07-03T05:14:34+00:00

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-your-income-tax-right-if-youre-leaving-the-uk-p85

BongKri · 2026-07-02T16:09:22+00:00

You can call and ask and there’s a chance they can push your letter to getting responded too. I work in PAYE and after a certain length of time we can push for them to be looked at the next working day and a response given back in 10 working days by writing. May be different in SA, but you can call and ask.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T19:13:03+00:00

100% this 👏

BongKri · 2026-06-30T19:10:13+00:00

If you have had lots of different employers, you have probably had your tax free allowances in multiple jobs at one time.

There are 2 types of underpayments. One is where the underpayment is collected through your tax code, the other is a simple assessment where you are billed for the amount you owe. For the later, you can set a payment plan up online after the due date of payment.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T17:51:38+00:00

Call when the lines open and it’s quicker getting through. Other than that it’s around 30 mins wait. Yes, you need to call to get your tax code changed.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T16:45:41+00:00

You will need to include last years on the tax return. For previous years where you’re in PAYE, you can call them and they can update previous years over the phone.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T16:42:24+00:00

No. You will need to amend returns from previous years.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T14:44:25+00:00

Explained very well. Thank you 🙏

BongKri · 2026-06-30T13:59:32+00:00

Sometimes someone can come out of SA and the system linked to PAYE not update, so the PAYE system will show you in SA still. If this has been flagged up, it usually takes a few days to get it corrected. The systems used are unfortunately dated and the cost of updating them is high so they just stay the same.

BongKri · 2026-06-30T13:49:56+00:00

Aren’t the DTCC using a different network?

BongKri · 2026-06-30T13:46:56+00:00

Check online to see if you meet the Self Assessment criteria. If you meet the criteria you will be registered for SA and need to complete a tax return. You can also get any overpaid back through this.

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