No P60, no p45

Adelante

Hi I'll try be as conise as possible.
I had been working for someone in a location in one part of the country,tax district I guess you'd call it, upto November when he was apbrutly shutdown- I dont want to say to much about the specifics if that s ok.

We were eventually told that we would have to sign on, as temporary lay-offs,looking back I feel, this was his way of getting out of giving us our P45's but, that's my opinion I guess.Anyway he's scappered now, he's gone awol and there is no sign of him ever returning or the business re-opening or us getting P60' etc .

I have found work now some 6 months later in the last week. And my new boss needs my P60 /P45 to put me on cumulative tax basis as opposed to the week one basis that Im on at the moment. There is no hope of getting them from the other guy.

What are my options. I've got payslips but god only knows if he paid our taxes at all. What do I do and whom do I contact?

Any help is much appreciated
Thanks in advance
Adelante

wench

If you haven't worked in this tax year, then you don't need a P45 to sort your taxes out, form 12A will do the trick
www.revenue.ie/forms/form12a.pdf

As for the issue of whether your employer was paying your tax & Prsi, keep the payslips safe so that you can show the deductions were made from you, even if they werent' paid over to the authorities.
Ask revenue for a balancing statement for last year, and see if it tallies with what you expect. If it doesn't, then you will need to alert both them, and the Social Welfare, of your employers behaviour, and get them to investigate.

Adelante

Thanks Wench,
I rang Revenue this morning, and they said everthing you said,as I had not work this year and was on social they said they would issue me with a new cumulative tax credits statement thingy, never thought to ask about the balancing statement though, from what I gather from former collegues he is being investigated. Thanks again your help