PAYE30026 - employer records: movement of an employer record: part scheme transfers / transfers in error (Action Guide)


To take the appropriate action required on receiving a part scheme transfer from another office or responsible Organisation Unit, follow steps 1 - 7 below. The guide is presented as follows

Initial actionSteps 1 - 2
Computer actionSteps 3 - 4
Clerical actionSteps 5 - 6
Arrival of papers from old officeStep 7


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.

Note: If you consider that the part scheme transfer will not be completed before 5 April you should set the POST indicator on the employer record and BF your papers until 6 April before you proceed

Initial action

  1. Review papers held to consider whether or not the request to receive a part scheme transfer is appropriate. If it is go to step 3. Otherwise go to step 2

Note: If there are 10 or less taxpayer records a Part Scheme transfer is not appropriate. Taxpayer records should be moved using COP Function MA

  1. Establish the correct position, contacting the employer or contractor if necessary

If a part scheme transfer is not appropriate, consider alternative action

Computer action

Your next action will depend on whether you are receiving the part scheme transfer into an existing employer record or whether you need to create a new employer record

If you are receiving the part scheme transfer into an existing employer record go to step 4. Otherwise go to step 3


  1. Use Function EMPLOYER SET UP to create a new employer record, to obtain an employer PAYE reference in order to accept the part scheme transfer

  2. For all part scheme transfers use Function MAINTAIN SKELETON EMPLOYER after the EBS,COP and BROCS records have been created to

  • Create a skeleton record using the same reference as the receiving employer
  • Enter the expected date as 3 months from today or the next 31 March whichever is the sooner

Notes:


  1. For the purposes of a part scheme transfer you should treat this as a merger and complete the appropriate merger fields

  2. Where the scheme type is PSC or XP you must enter a ‘Date Notified’, which is the date you received the information or select one of the following check boxes

  • ‘Date Not Known’ - where you do not know the date you received the information

Or

  • ‘Date Not Applicable’ – where the update is being made from information not received from the employer

Clerical action

  1. Send a memo to the old office to

  • Confirm that you have created a skeleton record
  • State the office number and employer reference
  • Request they transfer taxpayers files, part scheme transfer list, related papers and post in due course
  1. BF your papers to await transfer of the employer record and papers from the old office

Arrival of papers from old office

  1. On receipt of the papers from the old office

  • Pass taxpayer files and any unworked post to the appropriate section
  • Put employer related papers and part scheme transfer list in your employer record pad
  • Retain the scheme transfer list for the year of movement plus 2 years