Erroneously got paid via PAYE - how to reverse?

[WordIsBond]

If this is real, which I find hard to believe, the employer will be notifying HMRC themselves so they can get back the NI and income tax they've forked over.

But yeah, I'd just contact HMRC and say, "I didn't work for these people, they paid this money into my personal account," (how did they get your bank details?), "and I've returned the money."

There's either more to this story that we aren't being told or less to it (meaning it is partly or all fabricated). Companies just don't put people on payroll and pay them for several months into a random bank account or something.

[TheFaQQer]

Now, it seems that the company has gone ahead and erroneously put me in their PAYE scheme, and been paying me for the last few months and deducting Income Tax, NI etc and paying it to HMRC. This was all in error and I have met up with the director and recently realized this mistake (i spotted it first by checking my bank account)

Either the salary you were talking was so low that you didn't notice the few quid going in, or your day rate is so high that the salary was inconsequential and you'd have an accountant.

Ring HMRC and ask them what is best. Simple.

[psychocandy]

Thanks, I don't have an accountant at the present moment and I was thinking that I should not require one as this is not an error on my part to correct.

I think you're a prime candidate for someone who DEFINITELY needs one if you go months without noticing what was going on.