P45 Part 3

If a new employee has a current P45 from a previous employment, the employee should give their employer parts 2 and 3 of this P45. The employer must then notify HMRC online that the new employee has started with them by submitting Part3 of the P45 online to the HMRC.

SUBMITTING A P45 PART 3 TO HMRC

NB. Before submitting a P45 Part 3 please ensure that you have filled in your HMRC online filing information beforehand under ‘Employer > HMRC Online Filing’. When attempting to send your P45 Part 3 to HMRC the submission will fail if this information is missing.

Once your new employee has been set up in ‘Employees’, to submit the P45 Part 3:

1) Click P45 Part 3 icon on the Employee menu

2) Confirm your Employee Details - if you have not already entered all of your employee’s details, these can be completed here.

3) Employee’s Previous Employment – if not already entered, complete these details using Part 2 of the P45 copy provided to you by the employee

4) Click Continue. Select ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Are you sure you want to continue?’ You are now ready to send the P45 Part 3 to HMRC.

5) Within Send to HMRC, click Start to begin the submission. A success response message will be displayed on screen to confirm that the submission has been accepted by HMRC.