HMRC understands that some external business processes are to create a PAYE scheme as normal practice when a business is set up. So to help HMRC identify unnecessary schemes at an earlier date additional questions will be asked when a scheme is registered – see PAYE20002 . The guidance How to register as an employer sets out when an employer should register, and also states “Please note if you register and don't file anything with HMRC for four months then your PAYE scheme will be closed and you will have to re-register.”
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New PAYE messages to employers from HMRC - revised message
18 October 2013
We have an update from a previous HMRC message regarding new PAYE messages and the re-scheduled maintenance work taking place this weekend.
HMRC’s online services: maintenance work affecting PAYE to go ahead this weekend
Late last week, we made the decision to postpone our scheduled IT upgrade because there was a risk of our IT systems being down for longer than we had planned.
We have been working hard to resolve the issues and we are now able to go ahead.
From 20:00hrs on Friday 18 October 2013 to 15:00 Saturday 19 October 2013, most of our public facing IT systems are being upgraded and will undergo planned maintenance.
Although the majority of online services are expected to re-open for business at 15:00 on Saturday, HMRC Online returns and forms will be unavailable between 20:00 on Friday 18 October and 07:00 on Monday 21 October. This will affect PAYE submissions sent through the Government Gateway (internet). Employers will still be able to send their PAYE submissions in real time and they will receive an acknowledgement that their submission has been received. However, during this period the validation message employers receive (saying whether the submission has been successful or not) will be delayed and may not be received until Tuesday 22 October when the system is fully restored. Employers should not attempt to re- send their submissions.
Employers can also expect delayed response times from other HMRC systems at this time. The latest information about all the online services affected is published on our website .
EDI customers are largely unaffected, but could experience a short delay of up to four hours before receiving their acknowledgement report during this period.
Please share this information with your colleagues, clients, members and customers.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
New electronic messages to help employers keep up-to-date with their PAYE
From next week, we will start to send three types of generic electronic messages to warn the employer if their PAYE submissions or payments appear to have fallen into arrears.
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