PAYE Manual - Recent changes to this guidance


Below are details of the amendments that were published on 28 March 2008 (see the update index for all updates).

SectionDetails of update
New links in Left Bar to Human Rights, Freedom of Information and Data Protection websites
Business CalendarJan 2008 – Dec 2008
Forms IndexThe following have been updated:
FOT 1
Tax Tables G
Tax Table – Manual Method
Tax Table – Calculator Method
Function MRText updated to remove the reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual and to direct where to go for further information
Function Prime Format‘Prime format’ – Text updated to remove out of date reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual.
PAYE10056‘Maintenance payments (Action Guide)’ – Action Guide updated.
PAYE11040‘P2 standard notes’ – Noted against ‘LRA’ (Allowances) and ‘ELR’ (Deductions) to say in use up to 5 April 2008, not used from 6 April 2008
PAYE12050‘Non-PAYE income’ – Under subheading ‘Where the amount notified is greater than £1000 but less than £2500’, guidance leaflet updated.
Text updated relating to Box 23.1A on the 2006-2007 SA – for the 2007-2008 year onwards this will be shown on SA returns on page TR5 box 3.
PAYE12053‘Notification of new source of non-PAYE income received by customer contact PAYE (Action Guide)’ - Text updated relating to Box 23.1A on the 2006-2007 SA – for the 2007-2008 year onwards this will be shown on SA returns on page TR5 box 3.
PAYE14015‘Function CD: allowances’ – Note against ‘Lower Rate Adjustment’ to say in use up to 5 April 2008, not used from 6 April 2008.
PAYE14030‘Function CD: deductions’ - Note against ‘Excessive Lower Rate Adjustment’ to say in use up to 5 April 2008, not used from 6 April 2008.
PAYE14075‘Function CD: signals’ – ‘BF (date)’ signal - text updated to remove the reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual and to direct where to go for further information
PAYE21000'Employer records: maintain employer record: contents' - new section added
PAYE21015'Employer records: maintain employer record: cancellation of an employer record' - Clarification on year action for CIS applies
PAYE21016'Employer records: maintain employer record: cancellation of an employer record (Action Guide)' - Clarification on year action for CIS applies
PAYE21020'Employer records: maintain employer record: cancelled one year only (COYO)' - Action for PSC schemes for years up to 2007 and 2008 onwards
PAYE21021'Employer records: maintain employer record: cancelled one year only (COYO) up to 2007 (Action Guide)' - Action for years up to 2007
PAYE21022'Employer records: maintain employer record: cancelled one year only (COYO) 2008 onwards (Action Guide)' - Action for 2008 onwards
PAYE21031'Employer records: maintain employer record: cessation of an employer record (Action Guide)' - Clarification on year action for CIS applies
PAYE21135'Employer records: maintain employer record: limited company & director details' - Clarification on year action for CIS applies
PAYE21240'Employer records: maintain employer record: verification of deductions under CIS - up to 2007' - Action to take on CIS cases form April 2007
PAYE21241'Employer records: maintain employer record: verification of deductions under CIS - up to 2007 (Action Guide)' - Action to take on CIS cases form April 2007
PAYE27034'Employer records: maintain schemes: change scheme type - PSC to P (Action Guide)' - Removal of step for scheme changed during previous year
PAYE31020'Employer records: employer record work lists: new employer' - Clarification on year action for CIS applies
PAYE40001'Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: introduction' - Clarification of when an Employer Annual Return is needed
PAYE40024' Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: form CIS36 only - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - Clarification of the year to which action applies
PAYE40025'Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: form P14 only - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - recording reason for failure of Employer Annual Return and issue failure letter
PAYE40029'Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: form P35 and forms P14 - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - recording reason for failure of Employer Annual Return and issue failure letter
PAYE40055'Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: record failure' - recording reason for failure of Employer Annual Return and issue failure letter
PAYE40056'Employer returns: employer return – quality checks: record failure (Action Guide)' - recording reason for failure of Employer Annual Return and issue failure letter
PAYE41040'Employer returns: record receipt of employer return: recording receipt of employer return' - New return types for 2008 - recording receipt
PAYE41041'Employer returns: record receipt of employer return: recording receipt of employer return (Action Guide)' - New return types for 2008 - recording receipt
PAYE41050'Employer returns: record receipt of employer return: viewing employer return information' - Clarification on year information on CIS is shown
PAYE43010'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: capturing annual returns - 2005 onwards' - Clarification on year information on CIS is captured
PAYE43012'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: capturing return - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - Clarification on year information on CIS is captured and revised links
PAYE43013'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: capture correction returns - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - Deletion of note on return filed online
PAYE43014'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: capture multiple returns - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)' - Clarification on when to use this guide
PAYE43020'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: checklist and declaration on P35 - 2005 onwards' - Note linking to new information and guidance on question 6
PAYE43021'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: checklist and declaration on P35 - 2005 onwards Action Guide)' - Note linking to new information and guidance on question 6
PAYE43025'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: linking employer returns - 2005 onwards' - new information for 2008 onwards
PAYE43030'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: NIL returns - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)- new information for 2008 onwards
PAYE43031'Employer returns: capture employer return – 2005 onwards: NIL returns - 2005 onwards (Action Guide)- new action for 2008 onwards
PAYE44000'Employer returns: electronic employer returns: contents' - Action guides PAYE44011 and PAYE44031 deleted
PAYE44010'Employer returns: electronic employer returns: electronic data interchange (EDI)' - EDI handling restricted to 2007 and earlier
PAYE44030'Employer returns: electronic employer returns: PAYE online for employers - internet' - Change of process from 2008 onwards
PAYE46015'Employer returns: employer return post capture: changes to return receipt details post capture' - Removal of deletion P228
PAYE46016'Employer returns: employer return post capture: changes to return receipt details post capture (Action Guide)' - Removal of deletion P228
PAYE47001'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: introduction' - Change to reporting CIS returns monthly from April 2007
PAYE47021'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: completion of form P565 request stencil (Action Guide)' - change to wording in step 1
PAYE47050'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: net overpayments' - Change to reporting CIS returns monthly, notification to BROCS
PAYE47061'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: overpayment notification (Action Guide)' - Action for PSC and XP schemes
PAYE47105'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: provisional repayments' - Change to reporting CIS returns monthly, notification to BROCS
PAYE47106'Employer returns: employer return - overpayments: provisional repayments (Action Guide)' - New step for action where company is to be 'struck off'
PAYE48001'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: introduction' - BROCS record showing monthly CIS returns
PAYE48045'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: capturing employer returns - effect on BROCS' - Capturing CIS data on BROCS
PAYE48070'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: function view BROCS: format 2 - employer data year summary' - BROCS record showing CIS data
PAYE48085'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: function view BROCS: format 4 - posting details' - BROCS record showing CIS data
PAYE48110'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: function view BROCS: format 9 – designatory data for ASN' - BROCS record showing CIS data
PAYE48130'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: reminding actions for returns' - Clarification on year for which information on CIS is shown
PAYE48135'Employer returns: view / maintain BROCS: types of posting on BROCS' - BROCS record showing CIS data
PAYE52060'Employer returns: employer return forms: scheme types and return forms' - Change to reporting CIS returns
PAYE53000'Employer returns: employer return work lists: contents' - addition of new sections PAYE53005 and PAYE53006
PAYE53005'Employer returns: employer return work lists: P35 Questions & Declarations – 2008 onwards' - new information
PAYE53006'Employer returns: employer return work lists: P35 Questions & Declarations – 2008 onwards (Action Guide)' - new action guide
PAYE53036'Employer returns: employer return work lists: filed online capture exception (Action Guide)' - Note on email requests
PAYE53046'Employer returns; employer return work lists: filed online return exceptions (Action Guide)' - Clarification on year information on CIS is shown
PAYE53056'Employer returns: employer return work list: post capture (Action Guide)' - Email instructions for Movement of Employer Funding request
PAYE60025‘Receipt of form P46: no statement ticked, multiple statements ticked and / or form not signed (Action Guide) – Step 12 amended.
PAYE60047‘Further action after using function MS (Action Guide)’ – Step 8 updated to remove the reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual and to direct where to go for further information
PAYE62026‘Receipt of form P45(3) and P46 statement B (Action Guide)’ – Step 24 updated.
PAYE62057‘Acceptance printouts (Action Guide)’ – Under sub heading ‘This is a P46 Case – Review’ new steps 13 + 14 + 15 added and remaining steps re-numbered accordingly.
PAYE65010‘Agency schemes – general’ – Text updated.
PAYE71035‘Taxpayer: function TT’ – Under sub heading ‘Prime Format Error Messages’ text updated to remove the reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual and to direct where to go for further information
PAYE76010‘Arranging interviews’ – Text updated to remove reference to Employment Procedures manual.
PAYE76071‘P46(DWP) (Action Guide)’ – Steps 5 and 8 updated and new steps 9 and 10 added.
PAYE77042‘Form P46(IB): receipt of (Action Guide)’ – Step 5 updated and new step 9 added relating to ‘Employment ceases after IB has been coded’.
PAYE79095‘Review form suggests SA case required’ – 2nd bullet under ‘Issue an SA return where’ updated.
PAYE90026‘PAYE underpayments of £2,000 and over (Action Guide)’ – New step 3 added and remaining steps re-numbered accordingly. Step 6 (prev step 5) updated.
PAYE91031‘Form P45 review (Action Guide)’ – New step 42 added.
PAYE91035‘In-year cessation repayments’ – Under sub heading ‘Occupational pensioner and ceased sub source employments’, 2nd action updated.
PAYE91051‘Making a repayment (Action Guide)’ – Step 14 updated to include about repaying multiple years.
PAYE93070‘Open cases and review procedures – good practice’ – Text updated for clarification under sub heading ‘Form P92 / Form P91’.
PAYE93073‘Form P92 and BF period (Action Guide)’ – Step 2 updated for clarification.
PAYE93074‘No DC details posted – 5/4 empref unchanged (Action Guide)’ – Step 1 updated.
PAYE93075‘No DC details posted; no 5/4 employment (Action Guide)’ – Step 4 updated for clarification.
PAYE95000‘HMRC Delay: ESC A19’ – New section – transferred from EP6600 – EP6626
PAYE100020‘Prime format’ – Text updated to remove out of date reference to the Employment Procedures (EP) Manual.
PAYE100045‘Signals on COP’ – Reference to ‘Schedule D’ removed from explanation for ‘SUB’ signal.
PAYE104105‘Taxpayer contact details’ – Text added at the end about making sure that each time you are in contact with a customer you have the latest contact number.