Tax & Accounting News
Use correct employee details, says HMRC
03/02/2012
Employers are being reminded to ensure that the information they send to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about their employees is accurate.
The issue is particularly important as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start receiving real-time information on claimants’ employment income from October 2013. This means that HMRC will need to ensure that employee records held on the National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS) system match those held by employers.
To avoid any errors or discrepancies, employers should ensure that details such as names, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers must be exactly the same wherever they are used. Particular attention should be paid where employees have double-barrelled surnames or are commonly known by a different first name to that on their official records.
Employers are being advised to ensure they are using the correct details for all employees, rather than simply guessing what these might be.
HMRC says there are also large numbers of missing National Insurance numbers and cases of ‘made up’ data which need to be looked at.
