Company didnt pay me

faringdon

It is better for you to be paid the money by the company than for the company to correct the tax records.

Thanks, potential future employers can "see" that i worked at this place, and are free to contact them for a reference, and will be less than impressed if i am seen to try and claim money from a company where all i did in two weeks was spend a day soldering up a PCB. (The rest of the time i spent unsucessfully trying to use the mechanical CAD software as i am an electronics engineer , and they expected far more progress mechanically than i could offer)

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82090553#Comment_82090553

How do you believe future employers would be able to "see" anything about this, especially with regard to whether or not payment was involved?

Grumpy_chap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82090553#Comment_82090553

Any other employer looking at records and seeing that you worked for this company for a couple of weeks (though I am not sure which records another employer would be able to look at to show them this) would assume you had been paid for the time working there.

In fact, given you were employed on a PAYE basis (and not an independent contractor), it is probably far simpler for the company to actually pay you the money than not pay you. You worked for them. You were an employee. You were a worker. For all of those reasons, you are entitled to minimum wage at the very least.

NMW for 2025 was £12.21. You worked 9 days (assuming Monday - Friday) based on the dates given 19 - 29 May. Assume 8-hours days, so that's £880 which is close to the £875 declared on the HMRC submission. The company should really realise that they legally have to pay you that money - it is their risk of doing business if they take on a staff member who is not as effective as they'd wish.

It is not obvious why you would simply give away that £875.

faringdon

Thanks , but surely its just so simple for the company to tell the HMRC that they did not pay me that money…and then the HMRC to not charge me the tax.? If they dont tell HMRC, then indeed, i will have to put in a claim for the £875.

Grumpy_chap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82090833#Comment_82090833

Well, actually, no, I don't think it is that simple. Non-compliance with minimum wage laws is not for the company to do lightly.

faringdon

In that case, surely i can just tell HMRC that i didnt work there, and the company can confirm that? That way nothing gets payed , and so nothing needs taxing.?

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82090945#Comment_82090945

But you did work there, and the company has already told HMRC that - falsifying records is unlikely to be advisable…

Grumpy_chap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82090945#Comment_82090945

I think, for now, do nothing and wait until the company respond once your have shared the evidence they reported your earnings.

Isthisforreal99

Never has one man (or woman?) had so many job related 'issues' that I can recall on MSE.

faringdon

My Two weeks there was to be a trial period and i was never meant to be payed. The company declared pay for me to HMRC accidentally. Obviously they wont pay me because it was a trial period and i failed the trial.

I will have to write to HMRC to state that i was never payed this money and that no money should have been payed, and that i dont owe the tax. There doesnt seem to be an email address for HMRC?