PAYE76151 - PAYE operation: pensioners: SIMRAA (Action Guide)


To identify whether the SIMRAA signal should be set on the COP record follow steps 1 - 9 below.

  1. Is the taxpayer entitled to reduced age allowance (RAA)

  • Yes - Go to step 2
  • No - Go to step 9
  1. Does the taxpayer have more than one PAYE source of income or any other income apart from the State Pension?

  • Yes - Go to step 9
  • No - Go to step 3
  1. Does the taxpayer have a State Pension that is within the DWP uprating service?

  • Yes - Go to step 4
  • No - Go to step 9
  1. Does the taxpayer have more than one payment or expense that reduces their Net Statutory Income (NSI)?

  • Yes - Go to step 9
  • No - Go to step 5
  1. Does the taxpayer complete annual SA returns?

  • Yes - Go to step 6
  • No - Go to step 8
  1. Has the taxpayer asked for tax affairs to be dealt with outside SA?

  • Yes - Go to step 7
  • No - Go to step 9
  1. Take the necessary action to remove the taxpayer from SA then - Go to step 8

  2. Use COP Function TA to set the SIMRAA signal

  3. Do not set the SIMRAA signal. If SIMRAA already set use COP Function TA to remove the signal