New employer asking to see my P60

nicechap

Allezallez89 said:

General_Grant said:

Allezallez89 said:

Allezallez89 said:

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

Not saying being creative with your salary is a good idea but a P60 does not usually include details of your "salary".

It is your taxable pay which these days rarely equates to your salary.

Might be you contribute 10% under a net pay pension scheme so your "salary" of say £40k is only shown as £36K on the P60.

With salary sacrifice the difference can be huge, some people can have a £40k "salary"  and a P60 showing only maybe £15k

Thank you - that makes me feel a little bit better

Just thinking a bit more about it - would you say it was normal practice to ask for it though??

Not unusual where there may be doubt about the salary claimed to have been received by a job applicant.

Great!  Do I have to submit it?

(I hate new multi-quote).

If you were recruiting and asked someone for evidence of their claim would you give them the job if they ignored your request.

There's no law saying you have to submit it, but then equally there's no law saying they have to give you the job.  

Clearly your call.

Allezallez89

Gavin83 said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

How much did you over inflate your salary by?

I would say it’s unusual practice unless they have reason to believe you may have lied about your salary. Have they recently received references?

Not by much at all to be fair and I can probably explain it away.  I just wondered if it was normal as I don't recall doing it before.  Thanks for the answers everyone.

Dox

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

'Little bit creative'. If you lie at any stage of the process, then you run the risk of being found out - and it sounds as if your potential new employer may have done just that and is checking accordingly.

General_Grant

I remember being asked to explain why my P45 didn't quite equate to the salary I had mentioned during recruitment.  I had an explanation.

Undervalued

Dox said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

'Little bit creative'. If you lie at any stage of the process, then you run the risk of being found out - and it sounds as if your potential new employer may have done just that and is checking accordingly.

In fact, deliberately making a false statement in an attempt to secure employment is fraud! Occasionally people have been prosecuted for it!

JReacher1

Undervalued said:

Dox said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

'Little bit creative'. If you lie at any stage of the process, then you run the risk of being found out - and it sounds as if your potential new employer may have done just that and is checking accordingly.

In fact, deliberately making a false statement in an attempt to secure employment is fraud! Occasionally people have been prosecuted for it!

I don’t believe anyone has ever been prosecuted for inflating their previous salary. 

Undervalued

JReacher1 said:

Undervalued said:

Dox said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

'Little bit creative'. If you lie at any stage of the process, then you run the risk of being found out - and it sounds as if your potential new employer may have done just that and is checking accordingly.

In fact, deliberately making a false statement in an attempt to secure employment is fraud! Occasionally people have been prosecuted for it!

I don’t believe anyone has ever been prosecuted for inflating their previous salary. 

I thought there was a fairly high profile one quite recently?
Anyway, here is a more general article on the subject.....
https://www.ft.com/content/3bbd58ec-6df3-11e1-b98d-00144feab49a

thepurplepixie

As someone already said your P60 is nearly a year out of date.  The P45 shows your taxable income for this year so it isn't difficult to work out your taxable income from that, just look at the date, divide by the number of months and it will give you a rough figure, obviously slight variation possible depending on where in the month you get final pay.

thepurplepixie

As someone already said your P60 is nearly a year out of date.  The P45 shows your taxable income for this year so it isn't difficult to work out your taxable income from that, just look at the date, divide by the number of months and it will give you a rough figure, obviously slight variation possible depending on where in the month you get final pay or if you got a payrise during the year.

What I mean is your P45 gives them a more accurate picture of your taxable income because it is this year but it will never tell them exactly what you earn due to salary sacrifice or pension contributions.

My last year at work before retirement showed I was earning NLW but I was actually on £30 an hour but it was all going into a pension on salary sacrifice.  The month after I retired I cashed it in, lower tax rate, no NI and my employer had chipped in what he was saving in NI.  It was a nice little bonus.

Allezallez89

Dox said:

Allezallez89 said:

I will recently be starting a new job and one of things my new employer is asking for is a copy of my P60 is this normal practice?  I know they need my P45 but didn't realise that they needed to see my P60.  I am a little bit nervous as I was a little bit creative with what my current salary was during the interview process

'Little bit creative'. If you lie at any stage of the process, then you run the risk of being found out - and it sounds as if your potential new employer may have done just that and is checking accordingly.

Thanks Dox!