Wages!!

Andystriker

As much as I respect your opinions I think you are wrong.

An employee can insist that they will pay the wages to the employee only. If the employee is not happy I doubt that there is anything they can do about it.

I would also suggest that if you pay your wages into someone else's account the Inland Revenue would be very interested. Although the money has been taxed for the person you are employing it has not been taxed for the person whose Account it is going into.

What if the person whose account it is going into claims benefits. Again this could cause all sorts of problems.

never-in-doubt

Must I remind people of the Muslim community and other religious groups whereby all funds go into the mans account who deals with all aspects of the household finances....

The law says you must be paid - an employer cannot retain payment due. Forget the inland revenue - if I were the employer i'd be more scared of a tribunal....

peachyprice

td_007 wrote: »

If the wages are transferred into someone else's account the main problem I see is explaining to the Inland Revenue the source of the income and all the questions that it could bring up as a part of an audit.

If the salary has already been taxed at source via PAYE HMRC won't give two hoots where it's paid into.

peachyprice

Andystriker wrote: »

As much as I respect your opinions I think you are wrong.

An employee can insist that they will pay the wages to the employee only. If the employee is not happy I doubt that there is anything they can do about it.

I would also suggest that if you pay your wages into someone else's account the Inland Revenue would be very interested. Although the money has been taxed for the person you are employing it has not been taxed for the person whose Account it is going into.

What if the person whose account it is going into claims benefits. Again this could cause all sorts of problems.

Since when did you give HMRC your bank account details for income tax purposes

never-in-doubt

Andystriker wrote: »

As much as I respect your opinions I think you are wrong.

An employee can insist that they will pay the wages to the employee only. If the employee is not happy I doubt that there is anything they can do about it.

I would also suggest that if you pay your wages into someone else's account the Inland Revenue would be very interested. Although the money has been taxed for the person you are employing it has not been taxed for the person whose Account it is going into.

What if the person whose account it is going into claims benefits. Again this could cause all sorts of problems.

No no no! Pointless arguing without facts - HMRC will not be bothered! The audit trail will prove the source (i.e. payslips) and like I said, i've had the wifes wage paid into my HSBC account for the last couple of years!

An employer must not retain wages owed to an employee for work undertaken. If the employee does not have a bank account they are entitled to request payment by another method and payable to another entity if requested.

They are the facts - the employer is wrong.....

never-in-doubt

peachyprice wrote: »

If the salary has already been taxed at source via PAYE HMRC won't give two hoots where it's paid into.

You're right - these guys are just wrong and cannot accept it!

never-in-doubt

peachyprice wrote: »

Since when did you give HMRC your bank account details

Only for Tax Credits lol - and that is a good point as well.... we get Child Benefit in my wifes name - paid weekly (£20) into MY bank account LOL - that says it all.

For reference, HMRC are the government! lol

peachyprice

You are such a rebel NID, be careful, they're watching you and you're going to end up in all sorts of trouble. :rotfl::rotfl:

never-in-doubt

peachyprice wrote: »

You are such a rebel NID, be careful, they're watching you and you're going to end up in all sorts of trouble. :rotfl::rotfl:

I know, I may get sent down - oooohhhh. Or will the wife get done cos she is getting money due to her paid to me? Actually on another note my eldest daughter shares an account in her b/f name cos the house is in her name and he is self employed so they keep things like that so the house is safe! He sees the tax man regularly and he never questions her for this

Extant

Andystriker wrote: »

An employee can insist that they will pay the wages to the employee only. If the employee is not happy I doubt that there is anything they can do about it.

Yes there is.

Unless their contract specifically states they must be paid to their own account, NOT paying your employee could be seen as an unauthorized deduction from your salary/wage, as per the Employment Rights Act.

A company's policy means nothing in this case.

I would also suggest that if you pay your wages into someone else's account the Inland Revenue would be very interested. Although the money has been taxed for the person you are employing it has not been taxed for the person whose Account it is going into.

I doubt the Inland Revenue would care...

It doesn't matter if the person it's going to has been taxed for it or not. As long as you can reasonably evidence it's not being used to that sole person's benefit, i.e. constituting income for that person, there's no argument.

What if the person whose account it is going into claims benefits. Again this could cause all sorts of problems.

As long as they're truthful when submitting claims, i.e. stating a joint income etc., why would this matter?