HMRC has launched the New Starter Checklist. This online interactive guidance has been developed to allow a new employee to answer a series of questions and select the appropriate answers to their circumstances. This will produce a new starter declaration which can then be downloaded and emailed or posted to the employer.
Nearly 3 million Real Time Information submissions for new starters with discrepancies were received in 2021/22. The new guidance is designed to help avoid postage costs, incorrect tax being applied and should save employees and employers time and less contact with HMRC.
For those taxpayers that require a print and post service, the new Starter Checklist has been amended to reflect the interactive guidance and can also be printed from GOV.UK