Guide to changing an employee number
Changing an employee number may cause issues with HMRC His Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers. treating the employee as a new employee. Unless there is no other option, don’t change the employee number.
When would you change an employee number?
If you are moving from another payroll provider or the business has merged or changed PAYE References and there could be employees with the same employee number.
To change an employee number:
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Open the required company.
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Go to Employees.
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Select the required employee.
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Go to Employment.
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Update the Payroll Code.
The payroll code can not contain letters, just numbers.
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Select Update Employee.
Do not change the employee number multiple times without sending an FPS Full Payment Submission is an RTI online submission to be sent on or before each payday. This informs HMRC about the payments and deductions for each employee. after each change.