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Have HMRC Finally Relented?
I have literally just put the phone down to HMRC and I have successfully managed to alter the migration date from 06.11.12 to 06.04.13 for 2 companies who have had an EAS submitted (but no FPS's or EPS's).
The technician I spoke with on the phone originally said I would not be able to change the migration date as an EAS had been submitted but said when he looked at the clients records it showed that no EAS had been done, even though we have a successful correlation ID to prove one was sent.
This happened with 2 client payrolls who had definitely had EAS's submitted so he came to the conclusion that HMRC must have changed their systems to allow employers to leave the pilot if an EAS had been submitted but had just not told the staff on the helpdesk!!
We are now currently compiling our list of clients to remove from the pilot which unfortunately will have to be called through in batches of 5 as that is the maximum the technicians are allowed to deal with during each phone call !
So a massive bulk of pilot payrolls are now needing to be removed from the pilot, what an absolute waste of time..........
Have just..
Just to confirm have just had a phone call from HMRC this morning confirming that, yes, pilot employers who have only submitted an EAS during 12-13 are now allowed to alter their migration to 06.04.13 and thereby removing themselves from the pilot.
Past the Point of Caring..........
I have, I think, reached the point of not caring anymore!
After being able to move the migration date to 06.04.13 for 3 pilot payrolls yesterday (calling the Employer Helpline) for whom an EAS had been submitted and subsequently this morning receiving a call from HMRC confirming this is now allowed and receiving a call from SAGE saying this is now fine..........
Just called to move the date for another client and after 30 minutes of being on the phone and speaking with 3 different technicians they wont change the migration date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I GIVE UP - What the hell are HMRC playing at, we have 2 weeks left to remove over 100 clients from the payroll (remembering you need to leave 48 hours between removing them and submitting returns) and submit old style P35s. This is on top of trying to do another 150+ old style yearends which were not in the pilot.
I am now waiting for a call from HMRC......... how ever long that will take..........