This is my first time using 12 Pay and I am doing payroll for a Director. I have had a letter from HMRC regarding the 'Employer notification' and it says that the P35 and P14s must be filed online and by 19th May. That bit I remember from my studies (a while ago now). Am I meant to be getting a code number from the Gateway for this? My client pays his own NI etc each month so I don't have to do that bit. I am abit confused as to what I should be doing next?
I have been on 12 Pay and am not sure what the next stages are for year end? I sure once I start going through it all the studying will come flooding back and I will remember everything, although for the study bit it was all manual and not using a computerised package.
Thanks for this, is the PAYE login the same as an agent login?? I have an agent login for payroll from HMRC which I got at the very beginning when I first started doing payroll, is this the same thing?
If you have an agent login then yes, you can probably use that for filing your client submissions. It would be a 12 digit number and a password that you chose.
You will still need to get authorisation to act for client, so you can submit the return.
Log in to you agent account, and on the first screen you will see an option to Authorise Client. Select this and it will ask which service it is for, select PAYE, then follow the instructions. You will need all the clients PAYE reference numbers, and accounts offfice reference (if I remember correctly).
If you client has his own PAYE gateway login, you can use this, if he will let you, and do a third party submission (using 12Pay) but HMRC will not talk to you about the client if there are problems.
By the way, if you can file you'll make things easier if you wait a couple of days. HMRC is not currently sending responses to attempts to file online.
Amanda, HMRC are doing upgrade/maintenance work on their site from 3rd to 13th April so you need to leave it till after that. Don't you just love them doing it at this time of year.
