Tax p45 etc help

oldbikebloke

MIGoddess said:

Hello - I have just received a P45 in the post - all three parts. All personal details correct, except the earnings. I have not left my employment, and my HR department don't know why it's been issued. Has anyone had a similar experience? Worrying piece of post to get, out of the blue. Thought I had been fired for a while...

the only people who can issue a P45 is your employer's payroll dept, so your enquires should be directed there 

badmemory

HR must know as they are the ones giving the instructions to payroll. If you have a P45 you don't work there anymore so has someone with a similar name left & they have done it as you?  HMRC will also believe you are no longer working, so if you have any in-work benefits expect those to change too.

unholyangel

The other possibility is that someone in payroll has made a booboo and entered a leaving date for you on their payment submission. Get them to check and if so, point them to this page, paying particular attention to this part:

If you’ve reported an employee’s leaving date in your FPS and they carry on working for you:

• use the same payroll ID if you haven’t given them a P45 yet, remove the leaving date and don’t put a new start date
• give them a new payroll ID if you’ve already given them a P45