Employer not paying tax or nat insurance - my problem or theirs?

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Sorry to post on more than one thread but I don't know if this is a legal (or illegal) issue or not. I've been working with a company for 3 months and have never had a payslip till now. I've got one now that covers one month, but it's not accurate, it says tax and national insurance have been taken off me but they haven't. This feels dodgy to me, but I don't know whether to kick up a fuss about it or just leave it. Won't they get into trouble for not paying, but I havn't done anything wrong so it won't come back on me, will it? I'm a bit clueless on tax and all that.

If you've only had one payslip in three months and it doesn't cover the whole of your period of employment then you should kick up a fuss because you're being diddled out of two months wages. Talk to whoever does the payroll at your company and, if you're not happy with the answer, consider talking to CAB.

You're liable for paying the tax on your earnings and, if you're in a PAYE job, your employee should be calculating your wages, making the correct deductions and sending that tax to the tax office. If they are providing you with a fraudulent payslip (am I reading that right?) which shows tax has been deducted but they're paying you the gross amount then they are unlikely to be submitting the tax correctly.

Good luck

Just looked up CAB, local one is open 9.30 to 4 Mon - Fri, so not much use for me!

Do talk to your payroll manager or book-keepers. Being very charitable, it could be an oversight or a clerical error, but it does sound rather serious for that. Do you work with other people? Do they get paid on time and tax deducted correctly? What kind of business is it?

If CAB aren't convenient, another angle could be to contact your tax office directly

You definitely need to check up on this as lost NI payments will leave you short of State Pension and ineligible for some state benefits if it continues.