I'm concerned my employer isn't paying my tax

horrifiedreader

anyou

The fact that you may need them to prove that you worked there, it a good enough reason. As already said, he is breaking the Law by not giving them you anyway.

Perhaps he just doesnt realise this.

You will be able to check at your tax office whether or not you are registered under your company's PAYE scheme.

Your employer will be able to give you details of which tax office he uses or ring your local one and explain the situation to them. If your boss is paying your tax and NI over then there wont be any problems. If he isnt, well again he is breaking the law.

Did you hand a P45 in when you started or did you complete a P60?

anyonu

I would have handed in a P45 when I joined, although I don't remember actually doing it.

Any

anyonu wrote: »

I would have handed in a P45 when I joined, although I don't remember actually doing it.

Did you check your tax code on the payslips? When you started working for him, to make sure that he used the same one as on your P45?

I think that you need to pull yourself together and start to be interested in these little issues. It would be very easy to screw you for some pay the way you are letting it slip.

I understand that when it is just the 2 of you, you base a lot of things on trust alone and so does your boss (added with the fact that he probably doesn't have all that much knowledge of an employment law), but now you know that you need your payslips and P60s every year.

I hope that you take this advice for the future.

anyonu

Any,

Yes you're quite right. A lot of what goes on in the firm is based on trust and as you say, I wasn't taking any interest whatsoever in any of these tax issues. It's only recently that I have started to wonder what is going on with my pay. There don't seem to be any obvious issues with the amount I take home, but then I wouldn't know because I haven't worked out how much I should be paying!

I've no idea if the tax codes matched between my p45 and my pay slips when I joined.

I am due a bonus coming up which is going to be taxed - I have a concern that the "tax" part of it is going to be staying in the company account you see, rather than the tax man...

Any

If you have no benefits or anything your tax code should be 647L.
Your tax code today wouldn't be the same as when you started.
Tax free personal allowance changes every tax year and with it the tax code.

Another reason to have payslips - to make sure your employer changes it with the new tax year.

Does he have an accountant? If so, even though he doesn't understand these rules etc, the chances are your pay is right.

PlutoinCapricorn

Only you know whether or not the employer is a decent human being: if he is, there is no reason why he should not give you the paperwork.

Could you compromise for asking for P60s for the last 5 tax years: these are a summary of the 12 payslips?

Just say that you are worried, you have heard that these are vital documents, and that employment law says that he must supply them.

What worries me is that he might just run off anything - but at least you can check the Net Pay against what has gone into your bank account.

If your net pay is less than the gross pay, and the amounts deducted seem correct, then you are in the clear.

catenorfolk

personally i would just ask for copies, it would only take a few minutes for him to get them printed up. Just say you need them for your accountant or something!! easy peasy

Snakeeyes21

fengirl wrote: »

HMRC will not tell you whether or not your employer has been paying your tax and NIC - this is part of his tax affiars and is private. It is his liability, so if he hasn't been paying, he is the one in trouble, not you. You have to have a payslip by law and you can go to an ET if you dont get one. A P60 is also required by law and you can tell HMRC if you don't get one - this may alert them to other problems.

are you sure about that?
your saying no employee is allowed to phone the tax office to see what tax they havd paid?
just the other day i phoned them to request a statement of tax i have paid over the last three years that the council needed.
i wish people wouldnt give advice when it is clearly wrong

anyonu

Did they ask you any questions Snakeeyes or did they just send it to you?

Snakeeyes21

anyonu wrote: »

Did they ask you any questions Snakeeyes or did they just send it to you?

They just sent it, i said i needed it because the council had a question over wether i had been entitled to claim HB when i was claiming it.