PAYE66010 - employment maintenance: bulk transfers: transferring taxpayer records in bulk


This subject is presented as follows

Bulk scheme transfers

MU reorganisation

Part scheme transfer

Bulk scheme transfers

Bulk scheme transfers is used where the new location is a new employer reference in the same or another Processing Office.

The records transferred are

  • Information from the employer record

And

  • All the records in the scheme

Or

  • Only the live employee records

Or

  • Only the leaver and Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) records

Normally you will only transfer the live employee records. However, you may need to transfer the leaver and JSA records if

  • Your PAYE section is closing down

Or

  • Your office is being reorganised

In these circumstances these records can either be transferred with the live records or transferred to another location.

You must not transfer these records without authority from the Processing Directors’ Office. They will

  • Send you booklet ‘Reorganisation of Districts’ which will give you more information
  • Nominate the office to receive these records

MU reorganisation

Management Unit reorganisation is used to move records to the same employer reference in another MU. This facility is only available to offices which have MUs.

The records transferred are

  • All the employee records at a particular employer reference
  • The employer record if you specifically need to transfer it to the new MU. If not it remains in the old MU

Where you are considering any changes to the number of MUs in the office, you must contact the Processing Directors’ Office (Targeting and Monitoring Office)

  • Opening a new MU
  • Closing an existing MU

If you need to transfer records to more than one MU

  • Transfer all the records to the MU which holds the employer record
  • Use Function MZ or MT to transfer the records which should be held in the other MU

Part scheme transfer

Part scheme transfer is used to move records to

  • A new employer reference in the same office

Or

  • Another office

Or

  • The same employer reference in another MU

The records transferred are

  • Some but not all of the live employee records for a particular employer scheme

And

  • A minimum of 10 records must be transferred

You use Function MZ to transfer the taxpayer records to the new location. You cannot use this function to

  • Transfer leaver or JSA records
  • Transfer less than 10 records - use Function MA instead
  • Transfer all of the live records - use the bulk transfer facility instead