PAYE64016 - Employment maintenance: maintain employment: delete employment (Action Guide)

When an employment has been incorrectly entered it can be deleted by following steps 1 - 24. This Guide is presented as follows.

Initial action Steps 1 - 3
Employment created from P14 Steps 4 - 6
Delete employment - benefits Steps 7 - 9
Delete employment - no benefits Steps 10 - 13
Employment linked to a P14 Steps 14 - 15
Employment not linked to a P14 Step 16
Duplicate JSA employment created from P14 Steps 17 - 20
Employment created from or linked to an RTI submission Steps 21 - 24

Initial action

1. Select the EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY screen to view the relevant employment
2. View the entries in more detail by going to the EMPLOYMENT DETAILS screen
3. Before proceeding check the CONTACT HISTORY screen to view notes and to check previous actions taken
  Notes:
a. For those cases where a P14 has been received and posted to the wrong record, you should follow the guidance in SPD31 P14 Mismatch.
b. Where the employment held is linked to an RTI employer it must not be deleted. Steps 21 - 24 tell you how to determine whether an employment is linked to an RTI employer.

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Employment created from P14

4. If the employment has been created from a P14
 
  • You must not delete an employment which was created from a P14. If the employment is deleted, the P14 national insurance contributions will also be deleted from the individuals account
  Notes:
a. If two identical forms P14 are received in the same tax year (duplicate forms P14) and two employments exist which both have the same pay, tax and NICS linked, then see step 4 of SPD WI430(AA) and / or SPD WI430(AO).
b. For TRN cases if the P14 created employment is on the incorrect account then you can delete the employment as NIC&EO cannot access TRN records.
5. If the employment created from a P14 is a duplicate period of employment
 
  • Review earlier years employment summary of the matching existing employment that has not been created from the CY-1 P14
  If pay and tax has not been posted to the matching employment, see next action point, otherwise see step 6
 
  • Select the Edit Record icon next to the duplicate period of employment which has not been created from the CY-1 P14
 
  • Note the employment information, that is works number, date of commencement, indicators set and so on
 
  • [Delete] the employment
 
  • Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen in accordance with PAYE105020 advising the employment was deleted as it was a duplicate period
 
  • Select the Edit Record icon next to the period of employment created from the P14
 
  • Update the employment created from the P14 with information noted from the duplicate employment and [Save]
 
  • Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen in accordance with PAYE105020 
  Notes:
a. Only amend the works number if a works number is not already held on the employment created from the P14.
b. When inserting or amending a works number do not use the ‘#’ symbol anywhere in the Works No field.
 
  • When the employment record has been updated consider whether reconciliation can be triggered (PAYE93000) or revised tax code is required (PAYE61205)
6. If pay and tax has been posted to the matching employment
 
  • Select the Edit Record icon next to the matching employment in the tax year with P14 details posted against it
 
  • Select cessation source ‘User’ and enter the end date as the last day of that tax year, that is, if the P14 received was for 2009-10 tax year use 05/04/2010 and [Save]
 
  • Update Contact History with action taken in accordance with PAYE105020 
 
  • See step 7

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Delete employment - benefits

7. Review the IABD screen to see whether the employment that has been ceased or deleted is linked to benefits; if it is review whether it is correct to delete the employment
8. If it is correct to cease or delete the employment
 
  • Note when the employment commenced
 
  • Select the IABD LANDING screen from the side bar
 
  • Select the year in which the employment commenced
 
  • Select the Employment Benefit Edit record icon
 
  • Select the employer drop down menu and select the employment which is to be deleted and [Submit]
 
  • Remove all benefits linked to that employment and [Save] to return to the IABD LANDING screen [Submit]
 
  • Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen with action taken
  Repeat this process for all further years the employment was present in by selecting the relevant year
 
  • When all benefits have been removed you may be prompted to re-reconcile an earlier year or issue a revised tax code. These should not be performed until after the relevant employment has been deleted, see step 7
  Note: For further information on the completion of IABD see PAYE130020.
9. If no benefits are held for the PAYE scheme and it is correct to delete the employment, see step 10

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Delete employment - no benefits

10. Select the EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY screen from the side bar
 
  • Select the Edit record icon next to the entry to be deleted
 
  • Press the [Delete] button on the EMPLOYMENT DETAILS screen
11. A message requesting confirmation will be displayed 
 

If you select no

 
  • You will be returned to the EMPLOYMENT DETAILS screen
 

If you select yes

 
  • All employment tax years linked to the employment will be deleted
12. Review whether a revised tax code need to be issued, see ‘Review code’ at PAYE61205 
13. Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen in accordance with PAYE105020 

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Employment linked to a P14

14. If you delete an employment between April and October which was linked to a P14 you will be prompted to manually trigger EOY reconciliation if all P14, P11D and targeted review form information is now held. For details of how to trigger an EOY reconciliation see PAYE93000 onwards
15. If you delete an employment after October which was linked to a P14 the system will automatically re-trigger EOY reconciliation if the EOY reconciliation has already taken place

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Employment not linked to a P14

16. If the employment was not linked to a P14 or was linked to a P14 where the EOY reconciliation cannot take place you will be returned to EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY screen

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Duplicate JSA employment created from P14

17. If a JSA employment has been created from form P14 which can be matched to an existing JSA employment because
 
  • (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) a matching JSA employment is held with a previous employers PAYE reference
     
    Or
 
  • The P14 has been created with a previous employers PAYE reference and a matching JSA employment is held (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) 
 
    • Go to step 18 or 19
18. If the JSA employment commenced in CY-1
 
  • Delete the JSA employment which was not created from the P14
 
  • Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen in accordance with PAYE105020 advising JSA employment was deleted as it was a duplicate period. Go to step 20
19. If the JSA employment commenced earlier than CY-1
 
  • Select the Edit Record icon next to the JSA employment that was not created from form P14
 
  • Enter the date of leaving as 05/04/CY-2, except when a CY-3 or earlier reconciliation is being made, when the date of leaving should be 5 April of the first year there is a duplicate JSA employment created from a P14
 
  • Set cessation source to ‘User’, [Save]
 
  • Update the CONTACT HISTORY screen in accordance with PAYE105020 to show the 2 periods of JSA employment are one continuing source. Go to step 20
20. When employment records have been updated, see PAYE93000 if reconciliation can now be triggered

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Employment created from or linked to an RTI submission

21. You can identify whether an employment has been created from or is linked to an RTI submission by reviewing the EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
22. An RTI linked employment can be identified as the employment will show
 
  • A creation source of RTI or RTI Service
     
    Or
 
  • By selecting the [RTI Data] button the RTI PAYMENT RECORD INFORMATION screen is displayed
23. If either of these bullets applies to the employment being reviewed the employment must not be deleted
24. If multiple employments are held for that PAYE reference only, the non RTI linked employments should be considered for deletion in reference to the guidance from step 1 above