Which employer should provide my P60?

bobbyboy1

Hi there everyone,

I've recently been asked to provide a copy of my P60 for the year 2010-2011 for a mortgage application, however I was never provided with a P60.

I left my previous employer on 1st April (a Friday) and immediately started with my new employer on 4th April (the following Monday). I know that the P60 for that year should cover the period up to the 5th April, so I appear to have fallen through the cracks.

I have asked both my current and previous employers to provide me with the P60 but both are insistent that it is the other's responsibility. This is infuriating: I don't care who gives me it, but I need the P60!

Under law, which employer should be providing my P60?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jarndyce

It is the responsibility of the employer you are working for on 5 April to provide the P60, so it won't be much good for your mortgage application I'm afraid!

All I can suggest is that you explain the situation to your mortgage provider and ask what they suggest - can't be the first time that has happened.

DVardysShadow

Did the old employer provide a P45? If they did not, they should provide aP60, I believe. The new employer will have paid you first after April 5th, so they will not have paid you in the old tax year. But you could use your final payslip from the old employer - it provides the same information.

bobbyboy1

Thanks very much Jarndyce. Will thge P60 only show my one day's worth of earnings from my current employer then?

I'll get this and also do as you suggest and ask the mortgage provider. Could I get a statement of earnings from my previous employer as well?

HappyMJ

You aren't entitled to a P60. It's an end of year tax statement. You got a P45 which is a mid year tax statement even though there was only a few days to go. Your new employer never paid you last tax year so doesn't use any of the figures on the P45.

A statement of earnings would be OK or a copy of all your payslips or even just a copy of your P45.

bobbyboy1

DVardysShadow - The previous employer did provide a P45, but not a P60.

Now I'm confused again, because the previous employer is making a claim similar to Jarndyce's (ie that it's the responsibility of the company employing me on the 5th April), while the current employer is using the same argument as you (that they didn't pay me until month 1 of the new year so they can't provide it for the previous year). I can't believe this isn't cemented in law somewhere.

bobbyboy1

HappyMJ wrote: »

You aren't entitled to a P60. It's an end of year tax statement. You got a P45 which is a mid year tax statement even though there was only a few days to go. Your new employer never paid you last tax year so doesn't use any of the figures on the P45.

A statement of earnings would be OK or a copy of all your payslips or even just a copy of your P45.

Is the bolded bit true? Because it directly contradicts the HMRC website:

"If your employer doesn't give you a P60 at the end of the tax year, ask for it - you're entitled to it by law if you are still working for the employer at 5 April."

hmrc.gov.uk/working/forms/paye-forms.htm#2

DVardysShadow

bobbyboy1 wrote: »

DVardysShadow - The previous employer did provide a P45, but not a P60.

Now I'm confused again, because the previous employer is making a claim similar to Jarndyce's (ie that it's the responsibility of the company employing me on the 5th April), while the current employer is using the same argument as you (that they didn't pay me until month 1 of the new year so they can't provide it for the previous year). I can't believe this isn't cemented in law somewhere.

If the previous employer provided the P45, they have discharged their responsibilities. You should use the P45 in lieu of the P60 - yes it may be hard for a 'computer says No' outfit, but essentially it provides the same information.

bobbyboy1 wrote: »

Is the bolded bit <You aren't entitled to a P60> true? Because it directly contradicts the HMRC website:

"If your employer doesn't give you a P60 at the end of the tax year, ask for it - you're entitled to it by law if you are still working for the employer at 5 April."

hmrc.gov.uk/working/forms/paye-forms.htm#2

I think the advice is a little out of context. The new employer did not pay you anything in the old tax year. So your entitlement arises at the end of this tax year