Hi wonder if anyone can help? I worked for a company in Feb 2010 and left in March 2011 to start my own business. I was employed by them and they deducted my tax and NI in the normal way from my wages.
I have asked repeatedly for my P45 and P60 (I don't remember getting a p60 last year), I also think during my year there I only actually got approx 5 or 6 pay slips from them.
I am now worried what to do, as I am now self employed I am doing my own self assessment, due this October (with my accountant in a supervisor role). I will need this information and my old company are required to give it to me.
I am very dubious and wonder if they have actually been paying HMRC, and my NI all along. I left the company because they were very sketchy when they did pay me (sometimes weeks and weeks overdue)
Is there anything I can do, report them to the tax office?? What about my NI contributions?
You can contact the HMRC as ask for a copy of your P14 (HMRC's copy of your P60). I have to do it now quite often for my clients, especially the new ones as a surprisingly large number of employers just don't supply them.
If you have an accountant or bookkeeper they can obtaining for you. Or if thats what your new business is, and you are registerd as a agent with HMRC, I would suggest making yourself a client to make it easier!
I think you will only get a P60 if you were still employed by them at the end of the tax year. You stated you left in March 2011? You should certainly have a P45 though. Mind you, the same thing happened to me. I was employed by a firm of accountants a few years ago (about 3) and my employment was terminated because I was ill....I had been off for a while and wanted to go back part time, but they decided to terminate my employment because they really wanted someone full time. (Probably had a case for unfair dismissal there, but just couldn't be bothered). I tried and tried to get a P45 out of them, short of going down to the offices and sitting there and not leaving until I got one. I never did get one, so good luck!
