Legal Requirement to Hold Payslips..

[Little'Old Me]

Hi all,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows how long the requirement to hold payslips is as an employer?

I.e. do I have to keep them for 7, 8, 11, 15 years, etc.

Cheers,

Payslips???? There no legal requirement for a employer to keep payslips. You need to keep details and breakdown of the pay and payments made

The rules are changing - to bring VAT (was 3 years) in line with tax etc (6 years). I'm sure someone else will confirm if I got the year right, but its something like records to do with the old rules before from 05 April 2009 - 6 plus current year, and records to do with after 06 April 2009 - it is 4 years plus current... (I attended a talk by HMRC in March, but they weren't 100% themselves of the transitional changes ....)

The HMRC don't keep the records either. I know the MOD don't keep any pay records more than 2 years! They both expect the employee to keep them, as at the end of the day, its their responsibility.

The HMRC don't like hard copies any more - they prefer records produced on disc - downloaded from the payroll software.

[Sockpuppet]

7 years afaik. You can hold PDFs if you wish.

[Beefy198]

As an employer? I would say hold on to them as long as you can. But maybe there is a legal answer to be had

[Earlyflash1]

Hi all,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows how long the requirement to hold payslips is as an employer?

I.e. do I have to keep them for 7, 8, 11, 15 years, etc.

Cheers,