Fri, 17 May 2013

NI numbers issued without suffixes

HMRC has issued a number of National Insurance numbers (NINOs) with the final letter missing, following NINO Verification Requests and RTI Full Payment Submissions made by employers with missing or incorrect NINOs.

In response to the issue HMRC has issued guidance for employers here

HMRC says employers should use the NINO that was sent back but enter the space bar instead of the suffix.

“Use the space bar rather than trying to truncate the number to eight characters. Please do not guess which letter (A, B, C or D) should be used,” the Revenue states.

“Please note that using a National Insurance number without a suffix (A, B, C or D) should be the exception, in these scenarios only.

“We apologise for any inconvenience whilst we investigate this issue.”

See also:

• RTI final countdown starts today
• HMRC issues final RTI reminder
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