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Understanding HMRC account vocabulary and discrepancies
Understanding HMRC account vocabulary and discrepancies
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Written by Rebecca Russell
Updated over a week ago

If you've been sent this article by our support team, it's because you've queried why your HMRC account charges don't match your PayFit reports, we refer to this as an ‘HMRC Discrepancy’.

To resolve this issue we need some information from your HMRC account. Please see below for examples of the screenshots we need to resolve this for you depending on whether you have a company-wide discrepancy, or an employee has reported a discrepancy to you.

Company-level HMRC Discrepancy

(ie. your monthly charge on HMRC is £10,500, but your PayFit reports state £10,000)

💡 When logging in to your HMRC account, you need to choose the PAYE for Employers service. Your HMRC account might be linked to multiple services, i.e. corporation tax, but you'll need to use the PAYE for Employers service.

Business tax account overview

If we ask for a Business tax account overview page please provide this screenshot:

Annual statement

If we ask for a specific year's annual statement, please provide this screenshot:

Monthly PAYE statement

If we ask for a screenshot of a monthly PAYE statement, please provide this screenshot for each month:

💡 Please make sure to include all credits and payments in the screenshot.

Employee account HMRC discrepancy

If an employee has a query regarding their HMRC account figures then we need the following information from their personal tax account.

Breakdown of taxable income

If we ask for the employee's taxable income for a specific tax year, please ask your employee to send you this screenshot:

Taxable income overview

If we ask for Taxable income overview, please ask your employee to send you this screenshot:

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