Afternoon All

Monday 30 Novemeber 2015 - HMRC PAYE website not working pretty much all day on the pay day for most employees - USELESS!

It was bound to happen at some point as whenever the Government embark on IT projects they always, always mess up somewhere down the line.

Frankly the Government is relying (and forcing the rest of us to rely!) on 100% up time for websites and online filings.

Anyone else cannot file RTI FPS submission today?

Think from talking to a number of accountants today this is a national problem and HMRC's PAYE / RTI website is down and not accepting TRI / FPS or EPS submissions.

Total nighmare on the last day of the month and no dount many many people will be wondering how on earth they are going to catrch up with everything they already have to cope with on tight deadlines tomorrow.

HMRC and the Gov IT departments are frankly ill prepared for these types of problems and the knock on effect it has on other users and are also TOTALLY useless at letting everyone know there is a problem in the first place.

HMRC is not fit for purpose frankly and it is about time the department is scrapped and replaced with a tax collection and admin department that actually works!!!

Grrrrrrrr

Sally

.... 19:09 pm and still can't get through to the online services helpdesk PAYE section just says all agents are busy and then cuts you off..

Been trying all day and no doubt they will close at 8pm with no chance to get through today at all.

What the hell is going on HMRC...

Can't even find anything on Twitter, BBC website, HMRC or .Gov websites...

No official news what a totally useless situation.

Doubt HMRC will compensate agents and employers for all the extra costs that will no be incurred administering PAYE this month....

Will MPs do anything about this mess?

They are as useless and HMRC frankly.

If you have ever tried reporting problems with HMRC to your MP mine (John Redwood) just emails back and says HMRC is nothing to do with him basically.

In my case it is a good job John Redwood is not responsible for much really as he totally sucks at being a local MP helping local businesses (and this is not a party political post in the slightest just a note that MPs generally try and avoid anything HMRC related or dealing with a queries that might actually involve and useful work or knowledge!)

OH PHEW further update at 19:20 pm ... Nil EPS finally submits after countless failed attempts today.

Managed to file a Nil EPS for a client too now that has not worked all day tryingt regularly during the day.

My guess is that a lot of businesses have now gone home now and that has reduced the pressure on HMRC's servers.

CLEARLY the Government and HMRC are not geared up for the demand despite forcing RTI on everyone saying it would make things easier. Yeah right...

I bet the full FPS submissions start going though now too, we will see!

Sally

HOWEVER....

No RTI submission confirmations are arriving from HMRC by email which is one easy way to check the RTI filing with HMRC was successful.

So HMRC still clearly not fixed all the errors...

What a farse...