
Employers are urged to double-check their paperwork, after a government audit found some peculiar irregularities in the PAYE scheme, including more than 500 returns claiming to employ “A N Other”.
Every year, employers must send PAYE data to HMRC, detailing employees’ tax and national insurance contributions. But this data isn’t always accurate.- 128 staff entered as Mr, Ms or Mrs “Dummy”
- 572 people whose surnames only included the letter X (ranging from Mr X to Mrs XXXXXX)
- 75 staff with the surname “Casual”, 11 “Cleaners”, nine “Workers” and six “Students”
- 824 employees with the surname “Unknown”
- 40 people were apparently 200 years old or more, after incorrect dates of birth were submitted
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