I’m trying to e-file P46’s for new starters on my payroll this month using 3rd party payroll software.
My problem is encountered under the new procedure for sending P46’s that have not been completed by the employee:
Quote from E13 (Employers Help Book) regarding new procedures for filing P46
Exceptionally, if your employee has not completed the form P46, or provided you with the information to fully complete Section one in time for their first pay day, you must complete Section one to the best of your knowledge on their behalf and use code BR on a cumulative basis. You must send in a P46 for all cases on the employee’s first pay day. Prepare a form P11 when you first pay your employee.
However, when I try to send the P46 without any statement ticked my payroll software gave an xml generation error; when queried with our software provider they have stated that this is now part of the specification from HMRC that the P46 can’t be sent electronically without one of the statements being ticked.
Under the new specifications, the only way for the P46 to be sent electronically with code BR and a statement ticked would seem to suggest that I should tick statement C on the employee’s behalf!
Has anyone else come across this problem?
Keith