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Updated Sunday, September 5, 2010 0:21 am TWN, AP

6 mil. in UK told they've paid wrong income tax

LONDON -- British tax collectors say a new computer system has revealed that almost 6 million people have paid the wrong amount of income tax, and 1.4 million will be told to repay an average of 1,500 pounds (US$2,300) each.

HM Revenue and Customs says 4.3 million people will receive a rebate.

The problem affects some of the 40 million people whose income tax is automatically deducted from their paychecks under a system known as Pay As You Earn.

The tax agency said Saturday its computers have found that 2 billion pounds was underpaid through the system over the past two years, while 1.8 billion pounds was overpaid.

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