Submitted to HMRC but forgot to mark an employee as a leaver
Description

When an employee leaves, you need to enter their final payments then mark them as a leaver.

Once you've completed those steps, submit the Full Payment Submission (FPS) to HMRC. This submission includes the leaver's details.

If you forgot to mark an employee as a leaver and have already submitted your FPS, continue to the next section for your next steps.

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Resolution

The steps you need to follow depend on whether you processed the correct amount of final pay for the leaver.

Select the relevant option below to find out what to do.

▼ You processed the employee's final payments correctly

In this case, mark the employee as a leaver then submit an FPS adjustment to let HMRC know the leave date.

  1. Follow the normal process to mark the employee as a leaver and produce their P45.
  2. Submit an FPS adjustment to inform HMRC of their leave date.

You've now marked the employee as a leaver in your software and let HMRC know.


▼ You didn't process the final payments correctly

For example, you processed the normal full salary amount for the period, instead of any reduced or increased final amount they're due.

Where this occurs, you need to correct the payment first, then submit an FPS adjustment to HMRC to let them know about the changes. 

  1. Select only the relevant employee on your employee list.
  2. Roll back the incorrect final payment for this employee.
  3. Go to Payroll then Change Process Date.
  4. Check the process date is correct, then select OK.
  5. Go to Enter Payments and enter their correct final payments.
  6. Select the checkbox beside Select this checkbox if your employee is leaving and this is their final payment.
  7. Check their payments are correct, then Update Records to save the values you entered.
  8. Follow the normal process to mark the employee as a leaver and produce their P45.
  9. Submit the FPS adjustment.

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