Closing a business
Description

When you close down a business, you must inform HMRC, you 've closed the PAYE scheme. This is to confirm that they will not expect any furthure submissions from you.

You need to:

  • Make your employees leavers
  • Pay their final pay including redundancy where applicable
  • Issue the P45's
  • Inform HMRC you've closed the scheme
Cause
Resolution

1. Make the employee's leavers

Make all employees leavers before processing the final pay run. Use the date one day before the date you intend to cease the company.

For more information on processing leaves, read Processing leavers.

2. Process the final pay run

Process the final pay run as normal. The Full Payment Submission (FPS) includes the employees' leave dates.

 NOTE: If needed, Set up a redundancy payment.   

3. Issue the P45's 

All employees must receive a P45. For more information on how to send these, read Export or print the P45.

4. Inform HMRC you've closed the scheme

This is done by submitting the year end Employer Payment Summary (EPS).

  1. Select the Year End tab.
  2. Select Submit EPS.
  3. Select The company has closed down the PAYE Scheme and enter the date the PAYE Scheme closed.
     CAUTION: You can't enter a date in the future. You must wait until that date if this is the case. 
  4. Select Next and Next again.
  5. Select submit.
▼If you already processed your final payment run, but didn't make the employee's leavers

Follow the steps to ensure HMRC gets the required leaver information.

  1. Enter the employees finish dates.
  2. Process the next available pay run.
    The system won't detect any employees to pay in this pay run. 
  3. Complete the pay run.

Payroll sends an FPS submission to HMRC.

The submission contains:

  • The employees’ finish dates
  • The employee year-to-date pay values as of the previous pay run

To Finish:

  1. Give your leavers their P45's.
  2. Submit the final Employer Payment Summary (EPS).
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