Can I restore a leaver under RTI?
Article ID
11207
Article Name
Can I restore a leaver under RTI?
Created Date
6th August 2018
Product
Earnie, IRIS Payroll Professional
Problem
An employee is returning to work with the company, can I restore the leaver record to continue to pay.
Resolution
HMRC now permit employers to restore a leaver and then continue paying them as a current employee even if their leaving date has been sent on a Full Payment Submission.
This is useful if you have, for example, made the wrong employee a leaver and have already sent the FPS.
However, this only applies in the current tax year; if you are restoring a leaver from a previous tax year, you can only do so to make a ‘payment after leaving’.
From now on, if you attempt to restore a leaver in the current tax year, and their leaving date has already been sent to HMRC, you will see the following message:
‘Are you restoring this employee to continue paying them or are you making a payment after leaving?
Click ‘Yes’ to continue paying the employee or make an adjustment to their final pay
Click ‘No’ to make an additional one-off payment to the employee after they left’
NOTE: If the employee has worked elsewhere between leaving your company and returning you will still need to set them up with a new employee record.
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