Employee asks accountant for P45

[NewCourierSE]

Is the accountant required to issue a p45 directly to employee of a company who is in arrears? Accountant hasnt received any payments from 3 months The situation is for a client who is starting the process of insolvency with BIG debts and it is extremely unlikely he will ever pay a lien. Is it possible for a accountant to ask for a one-time payment from an employee for this favor ?

 

[STDFR33]

I don't understand the situation.

Are you the client, employee, accountant or someone else?

 

[The Byre]

This week's most confusing post!

Lien?

Accountant talking to employee?

WTF?

 

[NewCourierSE]

Im a new employer and employee havent got P45 because of insolvency procedure of previous employer

 

[NewCourierSE]

There is no contact with previous employer only with accountancy firm and accountant required a payment from employee for issue p45

 

[Scalloway]

If you just add the employee to your payroll without entering previous employer figures when you do your next RTI submission HMRC will pick it up and give you the figures.

 

[STDFR33]

The accountant shouldn't provide any documents directly to the employee without the former clients permission.
The contract was with the client, not the employee.

 

[SteveHa]

To add to The Accountancy Lab's response, I won't even talk to a client's employees without express permission, and if emails land unsolicited, they simply get forwarded to the client.