P60's - A question for UK people?

Question

Is there a legal requirement for how long an employer has to sent you out your P60. I left a job in January, and still havent recieved my P60 from them. My hubby was employed by them as well and was paid off in May, and he is still waiting for his too. We need it for our Tax credit renewal claim. I have tried phoning them, but cant get through to the payroll department.

Answer 1

Your former employers do have a responsibility to provide this document.  Contact your relevant tax office if they haven't done so.

Answer 2

Write them a letter saying you want your P60 sent to you with 14 days, else you will lodge a complaint with an Employment tribunal or similar.

That said, I've only just (last week) received my P60 & I'm still with the same employer, so give it another week or two perhaps. They take a while to process & issue, and I  don't know what time scales they have to do this. Have you received your P45 OK as this is the key one they should provide when you leave

Answer 3

I don't think you get a P60. You only get those if you're still employed at the end of the tax year. What you should have is a P45 when you leave a job. This should be sent to you after you receive your last wage. You could try phoning your local tax office for advice, otherwise you can still renew your tax credits, but be careful as you are only able to give an estimate of what you both earned.  You dont want to end up owing money back next year.

Answer 4

when you leave a job you should be given a p45, usually within 2 months of leaving. if you are not sent a p45 then you can fill in a form called a p46, which allows you to be emergency taxed until your tax code is sorted out at which point you will receive a refud if you have overpaid any tax.

a p60 is a form which is sent out to you after the end of the tax year which details all your pay and tax for the year. you should receive that around about now.

if there was a p45 but it has been lost then you will be unable to get a duplicate and must instead fill out a p46. there is no replacement for a p60.

Answer 5

I've just had this problem with a new member of staff.  It seems that there is no particular requirement.  She was advised to contact her previous employer - she needed it for the same reasons as you - but we were told that if they didn't supply one, she would just have to work out for herself what her earnings were!!  Fortunately, in that case, the employer provided it.Contacting the tax office would have been my next step.

Answer 6

That sounds to long to me, you should contact your local tax office and tell them this.

Answer 7

You're only legally entitled to a P60 if you are still working for an employer at the end of the tax year (ie on 5 April).

More info at:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndB...

Good luck!

Answer 8

Contact your local tax office and enquire. They'll get things moving for you x*x

Answer 9

it is a legal requirement and they can get into trouble if they don't send it out, that is unless they sent a P45 when you finished in Jan.

A p60 is just arecord of how much you earned/paid in tax for hat year.

If you finished before the end of the tax year that info will be on the P45 which they are reuired to provide within 14 days

Answer 10

A P45 should have been received at the end of your employment.  I don't understand how a company can say they can't find it.  Although they can't issue a replacement they should be able to see if it has been issued on their payroll records.

If a P45 has not been sent out, in all likeliness, they would have had you on record to have a P60 issued and you should have received that by the end of May.

By now, they must have sent all their payroll information held for you to the Inland Revenue so you should be able to call your tax office, quote your NI number, and they can check to see whether they have received all the information they need of your earnings.

To find your office, ask them for their PAYE reference number (if you ever get through to their payroll department) and find your office with the below link.

Answer 11

You aren't entitled to a form P60, you were not in employment as at 5th April. Your form P45 is of equal legal status. What were you doing between the date of leaving and 5th April? Unemployed? Claiming jobseekers? Working elsewhere?

Regarding your husband. He would be entitled to a form P60, up to 5th April, and a form P45 up to his date of leaving. Unfortunately, HMRC doesn't have a stick to beat employer with, there is no way of enforcing the issue of the forms. All HMRC could offer would to be to send forms P43 and P36B to employer, but if he doesn't reply there are no ways to make him. If you make a complaint about employer, HMRC may instigate an investigation into his compliance, but it takes a long time, there is still no way to insist on the form issue (that is a civil matter), and due to confidentiality, you will not be informed of the outcome, even if the employer gets monetary penalties.

Eventually details will be received on the employer's return, but the information takes a long time to filter through the system. The period ending last 5th April should get through to your records by the winter, but your husband's leaving details on the employer's return won't get through until winter 2009 if he left in May 2008. You could contact tax office to find out if employer has sent form P45/1 in, but even if he has, it depends on HMRC workstate as to whether details entered on record yet.

I think in the first instance, I would write to payroll as you can't get through on the phone, ask them urgently for form. Then if no response, try tax office. If details held there, staff can write a signed letter on headed notepaper to your husband notifying P45 figure of pay and tax. This would be acceptable for tax credit purposes.

Answer 12

It will be a P45 for when you finish work. A P60 is the one you get at the end of each tax year (which they should have given you each April)

If they refuse to give it you phone your tax office and tell them. They can make them send it you. If you have all your payslips from the time you were working there they will do for tax credit purposes.