Student Loans Company
You can only ask for a refund for tax years that have ended. This is because we can only check if a refund is available after confirming your annual income with HMRC. This will not happen until after the end of the tax year. The UKs tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April.
Remember if we refund you, the amount you get will be added back onto your total balance.
Dont contact us to ask how much you might get as a refund. Well let you know how much youll get after weve processed your request.
You only need to submit one refund request. When we process your request, well refund you for all the tax years youre due a refund for!
Refunds for the 2023-24 tax year
You do not need to do anything now. Well get your income information from HMRC later this year. When we do, well check how much youve repaid and let you know if a refund is available.
You should make sure your contact details are up to date in your online account so you dont miss any important updates from us.
Asking for a refund for any other previous tax year
You should sign in to your online repayment account and select Request a refund.
You cancheck the previous annual repayment thresholdfor any year you think you might have a refund available.
We cant tell you how much your refund will be until we process your request.
Refunds for other reasons
There are differentways to ask for other types of refunds.