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The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003
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- 2003 No. 2682
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- CHAPTER 2
- Regulation 51
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Late presentation of Form P45U.K.
51.—(1) This regulation applies if an employee gives Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 to the employer after commencing employment.
[F1(2) If the employee gives Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 to the employer before, as the case may be—
(a)the employer is required to send Form P46 to HMRC under regulations 47 to 49, or
(b)the employer is required to send the first return in relation to the employee under regulation 67B (real time returns of information about relevant payments) or 67D (exceptions to regulation 67B) to HMRC,
regulation 42 (procedure if employer receives Form P45) applies.]
(3) If the employee gives Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 to the employer—
[F2(a)after, as the case may be—
(i)Form P46 is required to have been sent to HMRC, or
(ii)the employer is required to send the first return in relation to the employee under regulation 67B or 67D to HMRC,
but]
(b)before the employee’s code has been issued to the employer,
this regulation and regulation 52 (late presentation of Form P45: employer’s duties) apply.
(4) If the employee gives Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 to the employer after the employee’s code has been issued to the employer, they must be destroyed.
(5) If Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 show that the employment ended in the current tax year then, unless the employer has already ceased to employ the employee—
(a)the code shown in Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 is treated as having been issued by the Inland Revenue to the employer on the day the employee gives them to the employer, and
(b)the employer must comply with regulation 52.
(6) If Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 show that the employment ended in the previous tax year and the employee gives them to the employer on or before 24th May then, unless the employer has already ceased to employ the employee—
(a)the code shown in Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 is treated as having been issued by the Inland Revenue to the employer on the day the employee gives them to the employer,
(b)the employer must deduct or repay tax by reference to that code using the cumulative basis, subject to regulation 32 (higher rate code: deductions), and
(c)the employer must comply with paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 52.
(7) Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45 must be destroyed—
(a)if they show that the employment ended in the previous tax year and the employee gives them to the employer after 24th May, or
(b)if they show that the employment ended in an earlier tax year.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 51(2) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/822), regs. 1(1), 18(a)
F2Reg. 51(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/822), regs. 1(1), 18(b)
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