HMRC overwhelmed with requests for RTI annual scheme

[northernladuk]

Is this the same issue as ...
http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...bmissions.html

[Contreras]

Quelle Surprise.

There has been a recent increase in the number of employers and agents requesting the registration of PAYE schemes as annual.
Processing requests

Please note that, at the moment, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are unable process requests from employers to:

• move to paying annually and register as an annual scheme
• change their payment frequency

HMRC are working to rectify this position and will publish a further 'What's New' message to announce when this is ready.

Linky: HM Revenue & Customs: Real Time Information and annual schemes

Anyone not yet on the annual scheme will need to make monthly submissions. So that's 11 months of pointless clicking if you like to pay out salary as a single lump sum. And, as per the above, HMRC are not currently accepting applications for the annual scheme.

Perhaps the team of muppets hired to staff the PAYE help lines have been accepting such requests without basic sanity checks like "will ALL your employees be paid annually?". So the answer is now to deny it as an option altogether.

MyCo was put on the PAYE annual scheme back in March and hopefully that will stick. My only concern is no written confirmation of the scheme change and having to trust HMRC to carry it through to RTI.