Hi all
My partner finished with his previous company on 30 September last year and started with the new one on 01 October. He is also in the retained fire service.
Now, he has never received a P45 from the last lot despite them claiming that they sent it out with his last payslip, in the same envelope. This envelope arrived sealed with only the payslip within! He has been trying to get this from them since October.
Since then, he has received at least 6 adjustments to his tax code, regarding all three employments (when he is only in two) and is now being taxed more than he is taking home!!!
I found some of the paperwork the other day and after looking at it carefully it seems that because of the previous company not sending out his P45, the tax office have been treating the new full time employment as a second job and the fire service as a third! He has also received letters regarding an underpayment of over £1200 whilst with the previous lot.
He contacted HMRC tonight about it all and got a very nice person to go through it all when he explained the circumstances. It turns out that he has actually OVERPAID by over £1100!!!
He also asked when they had received the company section of the P45 and they didn't notify HMRC until late December!!!
Now, employers have a legal responsibility to notify HMRC as soon as possible after a person leaves them and submit the P45. I have been unable to find the actual statue that makes this and due to to stress that he has been put through by the company he left, and their negligence, he would like to make a complaint. He is not interested in any monetary compensation but feels that they should be bout to task over what they did and failed to do!
Any advice on who he should contact would be gratefully appreciated (I think it should be HMRC that deal with it but I don't know).
Thanks in advance!
My partner finished with his previous company on 30 September last year and started with the new one on 01 October. He is also in the retained fire service.
Now, he has never received a P45 from the last lot despite them claiming that they sent it out with his last payslip, in the same envelope. This envelope arrived sealed with only the payslip within! He has been trying to get this from them since October.
Since then, he has received at least 6 adjustments to his tax code, regarding all three employments (when he is only in two) and is now being taxed more than he is taking home!!!
I found some of the paperwork the other day and after looking at it carefully it seems that because of the previous company not sending out his P45, the tax office have been treating the new full time employment as a second job and the fire service as a third! He has also received letters regarding an underpayment of over £1200 whilst with the previous lot.
He contacted HMRC tonight about it all and got a very nice person to go through it all when he explained the circumstances. It turns out that he has actually OVERPAID by over £1100!!!
He also asked when they had received the company section of the P45 and they didn't notify HMRC until late December!!!
Now, employers have a legal responsibility to notify HMRC as soon as possible after a person leaves them and submit the P45. I have been unable to find the actual statue that makes this and due to to stress that he has been put through by the company he left, and their negligence, he would like to make a complaint. He is not interested in any monetary compensation but feels that they should be bout to task over what they did and failed to do!
Any advice on who he should contact would be gratefully appreciated (I think it should be HMRC that deal with it but I don't know).
Thanks in advance!