P45 help

[Breathingfire]

I left employment 4 years ago when I had my dd. 3 years ago I became self employed, would I have given my p45 to my accountant when becoming self employed?

I'm now starting some part time work (as well as remaining self employed) and they want my p45 which I can't find anywhere.

I've read online they can do a check list of some sort with me but I hate being a pain to people and wish I had it

My accountant is on holiday for two weeks and I don't want to bother the rest of his office

This is what you need in the absence of a p45 www.gov.uk/government/publications/paye-starter-checklist

Is there any benefit of a P45 if you haven't been employed in the current tax year?

I thought the main purpose of them was to tell your new employer how much you've earn't this year so how much they need to tax you. Isn't self employment income accounted for separately, so when you do your tax return for the current tax year - which ends today as it happens, you will need to tell them about what your self employment income is as well as your employed income, which you won't need to mention if you are starting next week, as that's next tax year.

The P45 is only relevant for the tax year it relates to. You need to complete a P46. If your start date is this week (i.e before the 6th) you need to tick the boxes that relate to you during this tax year. If you fill the form in next week don't forget it's a new tax year.

A p45 is useless if it is out of the tax year, so anything that wasn’t issued this month you wouldn’t be able to use (as new tax year is April 6th) you need to fill in a p46