HMRC Employer Bulletin - Issue 47
15 April 2014
The latest issue of the Employer Bulletin has been published and contains important information which may affect payroll obligations to HMRC.
Note that the next Employer Bulletin will be available in June as due to the volume of information they now contain, HMRC has decided to publish on a bi-monthly basis.
Accessing information on Government Gateway
22 April 2014
There is an issue on the Government Gateway accessing tax codes such as P9s for 2014/15 and HMRC’s Employer Helpline has advised of an interim workaround.
An example of the issue was given to us from a CIPP member. If the screen displays say a total of 65 and 30 can be viewed on each page, pages 2 and 3 can’t be viewed when an issue date of 6/4/14 is inputted. Nor can more than one P9 be downloaded.
The Employer Helpline advised that if the issue date is inputted as 1/2/14 then all P9s can be viewed and downloaded.
HMRC are aware of the problem and are currently investigating. Until a fix is put in place the Employer Helpline’s advice can be used.
PAYE income details used to calculate tax credits claims
8 May 2014
HMRC has published information on what to do if an employee contacts you because they think the income figure on their tax credit Renewal Notice is wrong.
From 6 April 2014, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will use PAYE income information reported in real time to calculate tax credits awards.
Tax credits claimants' Renewals Notices will show the total gross pay for the year, and may therefore include income from more than one source. The Notice will explain that this has come from details their employer has sent to HMRC. The Renewals Notices will not show hours worked.
HMRC's guidance to claimants stresses that it is important that they:
check that the income details shown on the renewal notice are correct contact HMRC as soon as possible if they think the details are wrong
However, some claimants may contact their employer or pension provider if they think the income details shown are wrong.
If this happens, the employer or pension provider should:
Ask their employee or pensioner for details of the amount and date of the income information shown on the renewal notice. Please note that the figure shown on the
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