No tax certificate for 2 months!

DannyL

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So we hired a new guy in November and he posted his 12A to the Revenue in order to sort out his taxes. After 4 weeks an employee got a letter with blank 12A form from the Revenue. Strange but we thought that maybe a previous form has been filled out wrongly or something. So he filled and posted that form again. That was 10th of December.

It's almost a month now and still no certificate from the Revenue... I'm really confused whether there's something wrong with this person or the Revenue.. Revenue was sent 2 forms within 2 months time and no reaction. Usually it takes no more than 4-5 days after 12A is posted to get an employee out of emergency tax. That's really strange..

Did anyone experience such a delay?
 
There is a cut-off point late in the year after which no tax credit certs issue. You should use emergency tax rules, which don't cost the employer any more. The employee then will contact Revenue if he has overpaid tax.
 
What did Revenue say when you called or emailed them?
They said that they don't have it scanned in the system and they can't explain why. I thought it probably must have been lost by Post but then there's small possibility that it would happen to 2 letters.
 
There is a cut-off point late in the year after which no tax credit certs issue. You should use emergency tax rules, which don't cost the employer any more. The employee then will contact Revenue if he has overpaid tax.
Hm.. I didn't know that. So maybe we should wait another week or so then.
 
If Revenue did get the application you should get a 2013 tax credit cert for the new employee. Can you see a P2 for him on ROS?