HMRC have fixed a problem with their business tax dashboard that caused employment records to merge on the department’s systems.
The error hit some firms that employed a work to do more than one job within the same PAYE scheme, and resulted in erroneous consolidation of the separate employments.
Affected accounts were incorrect on the business tax dashboard – but the Revenue has updated the employer records, which will be displayed as follows:
HMRC have fixed a problem with their business tax dashboard that caused employment records to merge on the department’s systems.
The error hit some firms that employed a work to do more than one job within the same PAYE scheme, and resulted in erroneous consolidation of the separate employments.
Affected accounts were incorrect on the business tax dashboard – but the Revenue has updated the employer records, which will be displayed as follows:
- Employers who have been paying the right amount of tax based on their payroll should see their accounts balance. They will have been in a credit position prior to the fix.
- Employers who have been paying the amount the dashboard said they owed, rather than the amount based on their payroll, may end up in debt position.
- Some employers may see no change at all.
The taxman suggests that employers that have difficulty paying extra money owed should follow the official online guidance.
Advance PAYE reports: HMRC have adapted their systems so that firms that run payrolls in advance of payday can make 2014/15 submissions from 6 March, provided their software package has been updated with the 2014/15 forms. Employers that use the Revenue’s basic PAYE tools will be able to use the latest version to make their 2014/15 submissions from 3 April.
