P800

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

During 2019/2020 my wife received a promotion at work, the company raised a P45 to terminate the previous position and up until that point she had earned 10729.40.
By the end of the year she had earned 20170.97 in total. 

She has now received a P800 detailing:

Company A: 10729.40
Company A: 20170.97

So HMRC think she has earned 30901.37

Her payslips are all correct and add up to the 10Kish for the until the promotion and another 10kish for the rest of the year totaling the correct 20170.97. 

Her P60 shows:

Previous employment: 0
In this employment: 20170.97

Has her employer made a mistake and should they have split the two so the amount earned up until the P45 should be detailed under previous employments? 

If her employer has made a mistake should they rectify this or does my wife have to deal with HMRC?

Thank you in advance for any help!

Savvy_Sue

Not a question you can answer, but why did they raise a P45 for a promotion? 

I would say it's the company's error and they should sort it out. The trick will be finding the right person to do this: is it a large company? 

Marcon

She needs to contact HR or payroll and ask them to sort if out - HMRC aren't going to take her word for it. Sounds as if the P45 should never have been issued. A P45 signifies the termination of employment, not termination of a previous post with the same employer. It's a really silly mistake to make unless she was actually moving to a different company in the same group, perhaps - in which case her P60 should only show her earnings from the day after the date on her P45.

74jax

So has she lost her continuous service and started again? 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Thanks very much for the replies, she was a seasonal worker and the new position is permanent so maybe that's why they did the P45 but neither of us know much about these sort of things really.

From Googling I think, if the issuing of the P45 was a correct thing to do, then the P60 should have split the earnings and hopefully they can amend the P60.

It's a small company so should be easy to get them to sort it out, generally speaking things tend to be easier if you've already solved the problem and only need ask for it to be fixed. 

Dox

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Thanks very much for the replies, she was a seasonal worker and the new position is permanent so maybe that's why they did the P45 but neither of us know much about these sort of things really.

Unless seasonal workers were employed by a different company in the same group of companies, issuing a P45 wasn't the correct way to handle things. A change in her contract of employment, from seasonal to permanent, isn't a dismissal/cessation of service.

chrisbur

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Her P60 shows:

Previous employment: 0
In this employment: 20170.97

Can you advise what tax figures appear on the P60?