[header] How to avoid emergency tax [title] Complete your starter checklist. [step] When you start work for the first time, the starter checklist, form p46, is used to calculate the amount of taxes that will be withheld from your paychecks. Without this information, tax will be withheld at the emergency tax rate. 
[substeps] You can download the starter checklist at https: // www.gov. Uk/government/publications/paye-starter-checklist.