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In approx June this year i  took a job on PAYE at lets call it Acme Ltd , and told the owner i would be able to get up to speed with his mechanical drawing software in no time. However, after 2 weeks i still hadnt nailed it down and he started screaming at me. I simply told him i would leave there and then  and he didnt have to pay me.

 Indeed, i received no pay, but recently whilst applying for a new job, i was directed to the HMRC site and a printout told me  that i had been at this company, "acme ltd"  for 2 weeks...so i guess they must have payed my TAX and NI?...i didnt even think the HMRC would know i had been there?

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  • marcia_
    marcia_ Posts: 3,751 Forumite
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    faringdon said:
    In approx June this year i  took a job on PAYE at lets call it Acme Ltd , and told the owner i would be able to get up to speed with his mechanical drawing software in no time. However, after 2 weeks i still hadnt nailed it down and he started screaming at me. I simply told him i would leave there and then  and he didnt have to pay me.

     Indeed, i received no pay, but recently whilst applying for a new job, i was directed to the HMRC site and a printout told me  that i had been at this company, "acme ltd"  for 2 weeks...so i guess they must have payed my TAX and NI?...i didnt even think the HMRC would know i had been there?
     And your query is? 
  • Dazed_and_C0nfused
    Dazed_and_C0nfused Posts: 18,428 Forumite
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    faringdon said:
    In approx June this year i  took a job on PAYE at lets call it Acme Ltd , and told the owner i would be able to get up to speed with his mechanical drawing software in no time. However, after 2 weeks i still hadnt nailed it down and he started screaming at me. I simply told him i would leave there and then  and he didnt have to pay me.

     Indeed, i received no pay, but recently whilst applying for a new job, i was directed to the HMRC site and a printout told me  that i had been at this company, "acme ltd"  for 2 weeks...so i guess they must have payed my TAX and NI?...i didnt even think the HMRC would know i had been there?
    What tax and NI was deducted from the pay you didn't receive 🤔
  • faringdon
    faringdon Posts: 119 Forumite
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    Thanks, i am just wondering how the HMRC knew about my time at this company...after all, they didnt pay me.
  • Marcon
    Marcon Posts: 15,279 Forumite
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    faringdon said:
    Thanks, i am just wondering how the HMRC knew about my time at this company...after all, they didnt pay me.
    They have powers the rest of us find mystical...
    Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!  
  • Employers have to tell HMRC about new employees before their first pay day, so in the 2 weeks you were there they have informed HMRC that you are a new starter and then after you left they will have informed them that you have left.
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