PART 3DEDUCTION AND REPAYMENT OF TAX

CHAPTER 4MISCELLANEOUS

Information to employees about payments and tax deducted (Form P60)67

1

Before 1st June following the end of the tax year, an employer must give a certificate (Form P60) to every employee—

a

who was in the employer’s employment on the last day of the tax year, and

b

from whose relevant payments the employer was required to deduct tax at any time during that tax year.

2

The certificate must show—

a

the tax year to which it relates,

b

the employer’s PAYE reference,

c

the employee’s name,

d

the employee’s national insurance number, if known,

e

any number used by the employer to identify the employee,

f

the total amount of the relevant payments made by the employer to the employee during the tax year in respect of the employment in question,

g

the total net tax deducted in relation to those payments, subject to regulation 64(7)(b) (trade disputes),

h

the employee’s code,

i

the employer’s name, and

j

the employer’s address.

3

In the case of an employee taken into employment after the beginning of the tax year, the certificate must also show—

a

any amounts required by regulation 43(9), 52(11), 53(3) or 61(3) to be treated as relevant payments made by the employer to the employee during the tax year,

b

any amounts treated as tax deducted by the employer at the end of the tax year by any of those regulations,

c

the sum of the figures given under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph and paragraph (2)(f),

d

the sum of the figures given under sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph and paragraph (2)(g).