Former employer messed up p45s

Dekyboy83

Hello.
My company was recently taken over, and when we all tupe'd to our new employer, a number of employees p45s were Incorrectly completed having our end dates as jan 2020 when it should have been 2021.  Therefore, numerous employees tax codes have changed and are paying more than they should be. 

Rumour has it our former employer contracted out payroll duties to an external company, and it was them who made the mistake. 

So at the minute, we have had 2 pays this tax year but are taking home less pay than we should have due to this admin error, is there any grounds for compensation against this external contractor?

All affected employees have contacted hmrc to fix but no one knows how long it'll take to get a rebate. 

TELLIT01

I would have thought any entitlement to compensation would be against the employer as they are the ones responsible for the payroll irrespective of whether a 3rd party actually does the work.  Employees would generally be able to claim any additional costs such as bank charges.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Dekyboy83 said:

Hello.
My company was recently taken over, and when we all tupe'd to our new employer, a number of employees p45s were Incorrectly completed having our end dates as jan 2020 when it should have been 2021.  Therefore, numerous employees tax codes have changed and are paying more than they should be. 

Rumour has it our former employer contracted out payroll duties to an external company, and it was them who made the mistake. 

So at the minute, we have had 2 pays this tax year but are taking home less pay than we should have due to this admin error, is there any grounds for compensation against this external contractor?

All affected employees have contacted hmrc to fix but no one knows how long it'll take to get a rebate. 

If the extra tax was deducted in the current tax year then HMRC won't be making any refund, once the tax codes are sorted it will be your current employer who makes any adjustment necessary the first time they pay you after getting the correct tax code.

chrisbur

What tax code are you on at the moment and what was the code on the P45?