Company forgot to unemploy me a year ago!

Vbuz · 9 November 2017 at 9:35AM

I worked in a restaurant part-time for 2 months in 2015, June and July. I was unemployed for a year and found a job in September 2016. However my last employer forgot to tell their accountant or someone that i am no longer working there and they were sending HMRC that i earn 435 pounds per month with them! I dont care for 2015 but for 2016 when i found a different job now i have to pay additional 500 pounds of tax for work in that restaurant, where i did not work that year!

Now the problem is it was my first job, i did not know that i should receive p45 so i never asked for it. Second problem is restaurant went bankrupt in 2016 November, so it is gone!

The only proof i got is i found a job in September and apparently i worked in restaurant until November so it is 2 months of being in two places at the same time.

How can i prove that i did not work there in 2016 at all? I never received p45, i was unemployed for that time and restaurant is gone. Will they just believe me if i call HMRC and tell them that?

Chucky1234 · 10 November 2017 at 7:14PM

I'd suggest you call HMRC, explain what you've just said to them and see what they say. If it is not solved them come back and update us.

seatbeltnoob · 11 November 2017 at 12:01PM

maybe they were deliberately doing this to reduce corporation tax

unforeseen · 11 November 2017 at 12:14PM

Sounds like they are on the fiddle with their company accounts. It just so happens that £435 was below the threshold which no NI is payable, but it will reduce the company tax liability