These negative values appear when either:

• A new employee brings a P45 and has paid too much tax in their previous employment
• The incorrect YTD values were imported or entered manually
• The employee's record was created using the employee wizard. The P45 values were entered by clicking back to previous sections in the wizard, then moving forward again

 TIP: Follow our related guide if you see the error 'The taxable pay to date figure is less than the minimum permissible value of 0' when you submit an FPS.

Employee paid too much tax in their previous employment

Sage Payroll correctly calculates a tax refund in their first pay period. It records this as a negative value in the Current Employment Payments column. The correct Tax Paid figure appears in the Tax Year Values To Date column.

Incorrect YTD values imported or entered

To correct this:

1. Open the employees record, then click the Employment tab.
2. Click the YTD Values button, then click the Tax tab.
3. Correct the values in the Current Employment Payments column.

Employee's record created using the employee wizard

Remove the values after creating the employee's record, but before you process payroll for them.

1. Open the employees record, then click the Employment tab.
2. Click the YTD Values button, then click the Tax tab.
3. Correct the values in the Current Employment Payments column.

If you've processed payroll for this employees before you noticed the issue, roll back the employee to the first period they were incorrect. Then reprocess the payroll for this employee.

 TIP: Here's our guide on how to use the rollback option.