Its difficult to answer without knowing details but not really.You are only u2018taxed from the startu2022 if you are paid using PAYE. If you are ina job that is very low paid then your taxcode should set the tax ratecorrectly possibly even to zero. If this isnu2019t happening then maybe youneed your tax code adjusted. Thereu2019s a webpage with help on thisu2026Updating your tax codeIt might be that you are on an u2018emergencyu2022 code new job maybe that is usedwhen HMRC doesnu2019t have enough information to correctly calculate your correcttax code. This is usually fixed at the end of the Tax year but your employerandor HMRC can help get this sorted faster.If you have several jobs this can also complicate things. Remember you onlyget your Personal Allowance on your primary job.If your pay is very unpredictable zero hours contract then this might beanother reason why HMRC tries to ethings but you canu2019t ask to deferPAYE until you hit the Personal Allowance .