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Tax careers – your future?
Find out about exciting career opportunities in the world of tax and how to get started.

Tax for student money advisers
How you can help students with tax issues: guidance and training materials for advisers.

  • Tax essentials
  • Working
  • Volunteering and training
  • Tax credits and benefits
  • Tax refunds
  • Types of student
  • Going abroad
  • Other income
  • Student loans

Tax Guide for Students

from the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group

Welcome! We at LITRG, part of an educational charity, have built this website to give tax information for students and their advisers. Use it to find out how to get your taxes right – you could be paying too much. Please note we are not connected to HMRC, and as such we do not have access to their records.
Find out more about this site.

Tax essentials
Things you need to know to get your tax right.

Working
Got a job or running your own business? Sort out your tax from day one.

Volunteering and training
Interns, volunteers, apprentices and trainees – tax pointers.

Tax credits and benefits
Struggling with your money? Find out if you can get any extra support.

Tax refunds
Could you be paying too much? Find out how to claim.

Types of student
Guidance for international, part-time and mature students, and students with disabilities.

Going abroad
Whether you are going to study or work, there are tax points to consider.

Other income
Be tax-smart about savings and other income.

Student loans
What has tax got to do with it?

LITRG This website may re-direct you to our main LITRG website for more detailed information on general tax matters affecting those on low incomes.

Tax for student money advisers

How you can help students with tax issues: guidance and training materials for advisers.

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  • HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
  • LITRG: for more general tax info

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Chartered Institute of Taxation

Association of Taxation Technicians

National Union of Students

National Association of Student Money Advisers

UK Council for International Student Affairs

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals

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