Previous Salary Info

ihsjjdllkjf

Hi there,

I am wondering what information becomes available to an employer when a new employee is added to their payroll. Is it just the new employees tax paid or is gross pay to date also shown?

Thanks

ibarelycare

Calahonda52 wrote: »

No such info is provided by anyone else but you, e.g. if you got a P45 [ if they still exist] and you gave the employer a copy, which you are not obliged to.
Your employer only needs your tax credits to deduct the correct tax

This is incorrect, Revenue will provide previous pay and tax to new employers via an RPN so that an employee's pay and tax is processed correctly in their new job. This was also the case previously - even if the employee didn't provide the physical P45, the new employer would receive this information from Revenue on the P2C.

ihsjjdllkjf

ibarelycare wrote: »

This is incorrect, Revenue will provide previous pay and tax to new employers via an RPN so that an employee's pay and tax is processed correctly in their new job. This was also the case previously - even if the employee didn't provide the physical P45, the new employer would receive this information from Revenue on the P2C.

If I contact revenue and instruct them to tax me in future on a month 1 basis, will this render my previous pay inaccessible, would it seem strange? Would the new employer be able to change this back to a cummulative basis?

Your new employer wouldn't be able to change it but depending on the size of the employer or payroll team they might notice and say it to you to be sure you are being taxed correctly.

ibarelycare

Calahonda52 wrote: »

OKAY, I got this wrong and have deleted my post.
So, despite GDPR and all that jazz, the Revenue can tell a new employer what the employees previous pay was.

Yes. It’s nothing to do with GDPR.

ibarelycare

ihsjjdllkjf wrote: »

If I contact revenue and instruct them to tax me in future on a month 1 basis, will this render my previous pay inaccessible, would it seem strange? Would the new employer be able to change this back to a cummulative basis?

You’re being seriously ridiculously paranoid. But no your employer wouldn’t be able to change it back to cumulative on your behalf. However this doesn’t mean that they won’t see your previous pay and tax on your RPN.

cdeb

Calahonda52 wrote: »

OKAY, I got this wrong and have deleted my post.
So, despite GDPR and all that jazz, the Revenue can tell a new employer what the employees previous pay was.

They need to in order for your tax to be calculated properly.

As above, GDPR doesn't come into it

ismat

The employer would not need to see previous pay if you are on a week one basis. There was definitely a way under the old system that you could avoid the new employer seeing your previous pay.

ihsjjdllkjf

ibarelycare wrote: »

You’re being seriously ridiculously paranoid. But no your employer wouldn’t be able to change it back to cumulative on your behalf. However this doesn’t mean that they won’t see your previous pay and tax on your RPN.

I'd say your right about being paranoid. I'm not usually a worrier either. It's just if there is something simple I could do to alleviate me of my worries altogether I would probably do it.

Yes, I think maybe the first RPN received includes YTD figures regardless of being cumulative or month 1, but I'm not sure.

dartboardio

Is this the same person that made the thread about exaggerating your salary in your interview?

Get over it. They would have offered you the job based on skills experience and how you got on in the interview. Not your previous salary.

Your employer wont be looking for details about your previous pay. May see your tax credits in passing but nothing else and besides Payroll arent gonna go chatting casually to HR about what's on your payroll.

You need to relax.

As someone said you'd be an idiot not to exaggerate your salary. But no one cares

Charles Ingles

All your information is made available to your new employer,
Earnings tax and deductions

ihsjjdllkjf

ismat wrote: »

The employer would not need to see previous pay if you are on a week one basis. There was definitely a way under the old system that you could avoid the new employer seeing your previous pay.

I find the explanations on the revenue website are a tad confusing but one of the reasons it gives why you might want to switch to week one is to protect your previous income info, which obviously infers that the new employer won't receive that information.

Charles Ingles

Your new employer will see your old earnings.
Expect to be called on your untruthfulness

Charles Ingles

Charles Ingles wrote: »

All your information is made available to your new employer,
Earnings tax and deductions

So? Who cares? You're gonna be fired over it?? Most people do this, stop worrying OP. I've ALWAYS rounded up my salary when asked and its never gone against me. Most companies outsource payroll or the HR team are not the same as the Payroll people. Very unusual that whoever interviewed you and gave you the job is going to be setting you up on payroll.

Charles Ingles

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So? Who cares? You're gonna be fired over it??:D:D:D

Could be sacked, lying is a bad start employer could decide not to employ him

Mrs OBumble

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So? Who cares? You're gonna be fired over it??:D:D:D

I know one company where pre employment checks include past salary verification.

BrokenArrows

This is one of the most annoying features of salary negotiation of a new job.

Employers love to try and restrict your salary to a certain range of your current salary.

I applied for a job years ago and up front i told them my salary requirements and they said that was perfectly acceptable amount.

Then when it came to offering me the job they offered me a salary of about 25% less than what i asked for. I questioned this and they said it was because my current salary is X and they will only offer X+15% and they refused to budge, not because they didnt want me but because of some stupid HR policy.

If my previous salary had been higher than they would have had no issues paying me that amount. Very strange.

I turned down the job.

Ardent

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Could be sacked, lying is a bad start employer could decide not to employ him

Such nonsense. OP: don't sweat it, Boards is full of drama queens.

I've exaggerated my salary throughout my career, it's how you progress salary wise.

Charles Ingles

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Your new employer will see your old earnings.
Expect to be called on your untruthfulness

if the person was worth offering the job to they are worth the pay. Its an employees market - tons of jobs out there - thankfully!

dartboardio

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Your new employer will see your old earnings.
Expect to be called on your untruthfulness

Hahaha

Bless your naivety.

Believe me your employer does not care enough to match you word for word about what you said in your interview whether you earned 30k or 35k last year. The person who started the thread needs to get over themselves.

Theres people out there in new jobs that got sacked from their last employment and their employer doesn't even know because the employer is looking for one thing and one thing only...

Someone with the experience and skills to do the job.

They dont give a flying foo daddley about your last employment as long as you didn't set the place on fire!