ECH22510 - Yield Recording: Failure to Operate - Closed Years


Where an employer has made payments to employees but has failed to operate PAYE and/or NIC the ECO should

  • calculate and pursue the underpayment for closed years in all cases (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000)
  • calculate and pursue interest,
  • consider penalties ( ECH21040),
  • calculate a current year adjustment as in ECH9045.
  • Claim the full amount of yield, including interest and penalties on ECS.

Where recovery for closed years is not appropriate the ECO should

  • Advise the employer to correct current year records,
  • Calculate a current year adjustment as in ECH9045,
  • Claim the amount of the current year adjustment on ECS.

Where an irregularity is identified and the year(s) are still open the ECO should