P60 question

[madasamuppet]

Hi, my hubby worked for a company up until end of feb. they have his leaving date as 7th March. his line manager didn't put leavers form in until end of March so missed march deadline for pay and p45. had to wait until end of april for last payment and p45 when it arrived only one week wage which we weren't expecting and P45 with just one week wages showing as this was in new tax year even though he did actually leave end feb. Have phoned numerous times to request details of last years earnings as I need to fill in child tax credit forms and was told yeh you will get a p60 by end of may. well loandbehold no p60, have a p60 from his new employment for period of march till april so just need these figures from old company to add together to find out total. I don't hold out much in receiving this so can my hubby phone the inland revenue and ask them direct how much he earned for 2007-2008 so I can fill in this form, the longer it takes the longer I will have been overpaid and have to pay back more. If so does anyone have the number to call. thanks in advance.

[AaronM]

Throw the book at them, it is actually against the law not to issue a P60 for employees. All P60 must have been sent out to employees by the end of may so give it a couple of days and then call them stating this.

If he has a payslip for the pay previous, so Janauary, it will have the gross pay to day and tax paid on there.

[BeauBrummie]

Your Husband needs to contact his previous Company and ask for his P45 with the correct figures (legal right). They will have the correct figures in there paperwork somewhere and should be pushed to sort this for you.

The Company did not have to give him a P60 as they were not his employers at 5 April, but as you rightly say a combination of the figures will give you the Income for your husband for the tax year.

In the meantime I would just contact the renewals dept of the HMRC tax credit section and explain that you are witing for final figures.

BB

[BeauBrummie]

Originally Posted by AaronM

Throw the book at them, it is actually against the law not to issue a P60 for employees. All P60 must have been sent out to employees by the end of may so give it a couple of days and then call them stating this.

Sorry AaronM,

This statement is not correct A P60 should only be issued by an employer to an employee who was employed at the 5 April.

If you think what a P60 is -----a statement of earnings for a tax year so if you leave a job on say 21 March in a year you get a P45 which you give to your new employer. Assuming you start a new job after 5 April ie 3-4 weeks later your P45 then becomes your P60 because that will have the figures for your earnings up to the point of leaving your job.

If on the other hand you start a new job say 1 week later on 28 march then your P45 would be used to accumulate the figures until April 5 when a P60 shoud be issued and given to the employee by 31 May.

BB

[*Twinkle*]

Hi Madasamuppet,

I had a similar thing to you. I left my previous job 1st week of feb and started my new one the 2nd week. When I got my P60 it only had half of feb and march on it.

All I did was ring my current tax office (this should be on the P60 you have and if not just ask your hubby's payroll dept and they will let you know the one) I had to send my p60 back as I'm due a rebate, woo! . Your tax office will be able to give you the figures you need.

Twinkle

[AaronM]

Originally Posted by BeauBrummie

Sorry AaronM,

This statement is not correct A P60 should only be issued by an employer to an employee who was employed at the 5 April.

If you think what a P60 is -----a statement of earnings for a tax year so if you leave a job on say 21 March in a year you get a P45 which you give to your new employer. Assuming you start a new job after 5 April ie 3-4 weeks later your P45 then becomes your P60 because that will have the figures for your earnings up to the point of leaving your job.

If on the other hand you start a new job say 1 week later on 28 march then your P45 would be used to accumulate the figures until April 5 when a P60 shoud be issued and given to the employee by 31 May.

BB

I am fully aware of what a P60 and P45 are so thank you for your description.

Just re-read the original question and read 7th march as 7th april, which is why i was saying they need to give him a P60, my mistake

Law states as said previously:

You must, by 31 May, give each of your employees an end of year certificate (P60) if they were still on your payroll on 5 April.