ECH22545 - Yield Recording: Status


The ECO should follow the guidance at ECH11000 onwards.

Where a worker’s status is changed from self-employed to employed the ECO should

  • calculate and pursue the underpayment for earlier years. (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000)
  • calculate and pursue interest,
  • consider penalties ( ECH11065, ECH21020, ECH21025, ECH21040),
  • calculate any current year adjustments,
  • claim the full amount of tax, NICs, interest and penalties to be recovered from the employer on ECS,
  • claim the amount of the current year adjustment on ECS.

Where a worker is classed as self-employed but has not registered for Self-Assessment the ECO should

  • make a referral to the Right Track Team via RISK,
  • claim the underpaid tax and Class 2 NICs as refer to S9A on ECS.

Where it has taken some time to agree the status the ECO should