HMRC and Income Tax

[sarizvi2k]

Hi Forum,

I am on Tier 2 and left with 1 year to complete my 5 years in April 2017. I will be eligible for 10 year in August 2016. My previous employer went in administration and I got another job and moved to new sponsor.

My previous employer gave me one P60 and P45. I contacted HMRC about my tax history and nothing was paid by my previous employer for 2 years and no employment history with HMRC. Neither tax is showing up nor NIC. I contacted my previous employer and he is saying that the tax was paid and there should be some problem with HMRC.

Did anyone had a same problem.I am worried if I applied ILR on 5 years my case will be refused on deception or this is employer responsibilty. Please help anyone

[Frontier Mole]

As long as you have your P60 and P45 you are protected. Even if your employer did not pay the tax and NI deducted you have reasonable belief that it was accounted for.
It is not your responsibility to ensure the deducted amounts are paid to HMRC.
It is unlikely to have a bearing on a future ILR application BUT protect yourself by formally writing to HMRC with copies of your P60's and asking them to verify the deductions were accounted for. They will say they were not and that leads you down the path of either asking what action they HMRC took to recover the deductions and / or verifies you believed that the deductions were accounted for.
Belt and braces I know but better taking a proactive stance rather than wait for an ILR refusal and a fight thereafter.