PAYE21181 - employer records: maintain employer record: maintain trade name (Action Guide)


To take the appropriate action when you have been notified of a change of trade name, follow steps 1 - 11 below. This Guide is presented as follows

Early Morning OutputStep 1 - 7
Any other correspondenceSteps 8 - 11


For details of how to access any of the Employer Business Service functions use the [Index of Functions] button on the left of the screen.

Early Morning Output

The printout you receive will show the previous and new trade names. BROCS will have been amended to record the new trade name

  1. Use Function VIEW EMPLOYER NOTES and check the employer record pad to review the information recorded
  • If there is nothing to suggest the new trade name is incorrect
  • Follow steps 2 to 4
  • If you think the new trade name is not correct
  • Go to step 5
  1. Inform the CT or SA section of the change of trade name

  2. Inform NICO of the new trade name if the employer makes returns on magnetic media

  3. Use Function AMEND EMPLOYER NOTES to record your actions and then file the papers in the employer record pad

  4. If the contents of the employer record pad, or local knowledge, suggest the new trade name is wrong or relates to another employer
  • Use Function AMEND EMPLOYER SUMMARY to enter the correct trade name
  1. Notify Debt Management & Banking (DMB) of the action you have taken, and why

  2. Use Function AMEND EMPLOYER NOTES to record your actions and then file the papers in the employer record pad

Any other correspondence

  1. Use Function AMEND EMPLOYER SUMMARY to enter the new trade name

  2. Inform CT or SA section of the change of trade name

  3. Inform NICO of the new trade name if the employer makes returns on magnetic media

  4. Use Function AMEND EMPLOYER NOTES to record your actions and then file the papers in the employer record pad