How to get my earnings total for 2006-2007?

Question

Hello all,

I am desperate to get my p60 or just the total of earnings of 2006-2007 from my previous employer but they are not co-operating at all ,I really need this,its important and I telephoned my ex employers a week ago and asked them for it,they originally told me that I have't to go to Inland Revenue for it,I went to Inland Revenue and they said that they do not have that information there anymore and its my ex employers that I need to get it off as they have't to keep records for at least five years by law,I telephoned them again and again and again,they keep fobbing me off,cutting the phone off or telling me that they will call me back but never do,its so simple and would take them a second to do as it would be on computer.I really need this information,does anyone know how I can get it withought having to get it from my ex employer?I have had enough,there's no point in ringing cos it will just be the same rubbish,help what do I do??!! Thanks xx

Answer 1

You can ask IRS for your W-2s from 2006, the form that you need to fill out is 4506-T . For the W-2s from 2007 ... probably, well, you need to try to get them from your ex employer, because IRS does not get W-2s ( and other form) until ... like at the end of the year, so they don't have copies.

Answer 2

Your ex employer is not allowed to give you a new P60 but I think he can write to you giving how much you earned with hime and tax dedeucted. I would find out were your tax records are kepet and write to them. if all else fails contact your MPand make him do something for his fat apy cheque and expenses

Answer 3

Your ex employer is not allowed to give you a duplicate P60 - the form does tell you in big writing to keep it safe.

I don't believe that HMRC does not have this information. Make a formal request to them in wiritng.

Answer 4

Did you have a form P60 at the tme, and have lost it, or did employer never issue one? The HMRC website now says that employers can issue a new one, but it has to be clearly market duplicate. That wasn't so when I was working, it must be a new procedure. Employers are obliged by law to keep records for three years. A lot of employers keep them for longer. That isn't much help if employer refuses to co-operate.

Processing employers' returns was taken out of local offices several years ago. This means staff in local offices don't have access to original forms, they have to wait until the figures are imput to go into individuals' records on computer. This should have been done for 2006/2007 months ago. I am wondering if employer either hasn't sent in employer's return, or has left you off it. Since I retired, employers are being pushed into doing their returns on-line, I don't know what information tax office staff can access on that. When records were on paper, the Revenue often didn't keep them for six years as required, because of storage problems. It was assumed that all information had been computer-imput, but didn't take into account that employer may have forgotten about some employees.

I wouldn't phone HMRC, you only get a call centre, maybe hundreds of miles from your tax office, and staff there can only see what is on your computer record. Write to your tax office, setting out your problem. If the information is held, staff can write you a signed letter, on headed paper, giving you your pay and tax details. This is equal in value to a form P60. If HMRC do not hold information, they can send a query out to your ex-employer asking for it, but this no guarantee that matter can be resolved quickly.