mistake on a tax code letter

mhoc

Any advice please.

Son has a new job and he has completed all of the right paperwork

He has had 2 tax code letters this year. The first one still had listed as his second employer a hotel he worked at as a student about 3 years ago. So he wrote and told the tax office about the mistake and gave them as many details as he could

He is not on the pay roll or employment list of the hotel but I rang them and they have a new computer system so all old paperwork has been archived and is no longer available.

He went straight from being a student and doing part time work to being full time with a company and he was with them since then until the recent change of job. I am assuming that all of the paperwork was correct at the time

Now he has a new tax code letter with his new job as his main employer and the hotel still as his second employer.

the letter he wrote was only sent a few weeks ago so is he best to just wait for another tax office letter or to let them know about the mistake being repeated again?

Dazed_and_confused

Firstly why was it a mistake to show the hotel job? Did your son request a P45 when he left this job, if so did he get it and if not did he chase this up with the hotel?

Secondly is this actually having any affect on his new job i.e. what are the tax codes issued for each company? Is the new job 1100L and the hotel job BR? If not what tax codes have HMRC issued to your son?

He appears to have had a another job within this tax year - if he was on the correct tax code with them and handed in his P45 from this job to his new employer then he really shouldn't have any issues in the short term.

He went straight from being a student and doing part time work to being full time with a company and he was with them since then until the recent change of job. I am assuming that all of the paperwork was correct at the time

xylophone

Three years ago your son was a student and had a part time job at a hotel.

After graduation, (when?) he took a full time job with a company unassociated with the hotel.

He has now left his first full time job for full time employment elsewhere.

Despite not having been employed by the hotel for three years, HMRC are under the impression that he is still working there in addition to being employed in his new position.

He could try ringing HMRC before 8am to clarify his situation.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/income-tax-enquiries-for-individuals-pensioners-and-employees

He might try accessing his Personal Tax Account. See

https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account

badmemory

Provided he has a full tax code at his current employer this should not be a problem. Unfortunately, it seems to have become the norm that any zero hours contract employer, even if you hand in your notice properly, do not actually tell HMRC that your employment is terminated. I suppose it is just one piece of paperwork too far for them.