P45 last day of work 1st April Paid Monthly - tax year to 5th April - which tax year should P45 show

michaels

So I am paid monthly, my last day in my old job was 1st April.

I have been sent a P45 showing my leaving date as 1st April and my total year to date pay being the pay for 1 day, 1st April.

Seems to me as my leaving date was in the 21/22 tax year as before the 5th April then the P45 should show my earnings in the 21/22 tax year?

Plus not sure of the status of the 1st April pay as I did not get it until the end of April as part of the normal monthly salary run.

Any thoughts?

Thrugelmir

The payroll was run and you were paid in the 22/23 tax year.  

Dazed_and_C0nfused

michaels said:

So I am paid monthly, my last day in my old job was 1st April.

I have been sent a P45 showing my leaving date as 1st April and my total year to date pay being the pay for 1 day, 1st April.

Seems to me as my leaving date was in the 21/22 tax year as before the 5th April then the P45 should show my earnings in the 21/22 tax year?

Plus not sure of the status of the 1st April pay as I did not get it until the end of April as part of the normal monthly salary run.

Any thoughts?

That's the sort of thing that thoroughly confuses HMRC!

I presume you mean you were just paid at the end of April, i.e. in the 2022:23 tax year.

So your P45 shows the correct total pay and tax for the tax year you received the final payment in.  But for whatever reason your employer has reported a leaving date in a different tax year 🤔

michaels

Both correct. Payroll was in 22/23 but leaving date is in 21/22.

sheramber

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

michaels said:

So I am paid monthly, my last day in my old job was 1st April.

I have been sent a P45 showing my leaving date as 1st April and my total year to date pay being the pay for 1 day, 1st April.

Seems to me as my leaving date was in the 21/22 tax year as before the 5th April then the P45 should show my earnings in the 21/22 tax year?

Plus not sure of the status of the 1st April pay as I did not get it until the end of April as part of the normal monthly salary run.

Any thoughts?

That's the sort of thing that thoroughly confuses HMRC!

I presume you mean you were just paid at the end of April, i.e. in the 2022:23 tax year.

So your P45 shows the correct total pay and tax for the tax year you received the final payment in.  But for whatever reason your employer has reported a leaving date in a different tax year 🤔

I think you have misread that.  The P45  only shows  1 day pay for 1 April paid in 22/23.

I have been sent a P45 showing my leaving date as 1st April and my total year to date pay being the pay for 1 day, 1st April.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

AIUI the P45 would show something like this,

DOL 01/04/2022

Pay £100
Tax £0.00

Which is confusing as the DOL is from one tax year (2021:22) whilst the pay is relating to a payment made in 2022:23.

The Real Time Information report will no doubt show up in 2022:23 in the ops Personal Tax Account but that doesn't stop the P45 from being confusing.