Your annual earnings, does your next employer know if you tell a porky pie?

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Hi folks,

This is FICTIONAL Earnings...


Lets say your now on 9,000 a year.

You went for a job interview and told them you earn £13,000 a year.


So they offer you, £15,000.


Would they know you lied about earning 13,000 in a previous job?
 
What if you lost your p60? lol

Could you not say that was your pro-rata earnings and you only worked 30 hrs instead of say 39...
 
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SeanyK said:
What if you lost your P60? lol
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Eventually they'll need to sort out your tax, so eventually the new employer will find out. However, if its just some finance person it might not matter, but if its your interviewer it may.
 
SeanyK said:
What if you lost your p60? lol

Could you not say that was your pro-rata earnings and you only worked 30 hrs instead of say 39...
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Still be tax records matey. Without your P60, you would be paying emergency tax till it was sorted out.
 
SeanyK said:
What if you lost your p60? lol

Could you not say that was your pro-rata earnings and you only worked 30 hrs instead of say 39...
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yep you could easily sway things , say you got bonnuses had major time off etc,

tbh the people who do your wages tax etc will probly never talk to the people who manage/recruit you
 
Well depending on how big the company is the person interviewing you is probablly not gonna do your tax etc......Human resources will do that.
 
The P60 only shows an employer your total earnings for the year. It dosen't state your salary, which could have been affected by many things as someone has already stated.

You won't get in trouble.
 
The last two references I have been asked to fill in for former employees have asked for their wage on leaving. So you never know.
 
So much rubbish info in this thread!!

The P60 is given to you at the end of the year by your employer showing earnings in that job for the year, and any earnings in previous jobs that they know about.

So the question to ask is how do they find out?

They find out when you give them your P45, which your old employer gave you, which shows your earnings up until the point you ceased to be employed by them in that tax year. You give it to your new employer so that they can carry on using the code you have been on and so that hopefully the correct tax is paid.

But... you don't have to give it to them. There is some text on the P45 that says something along the lines of....
"If you don't want your new employer to know these details then please send this form to your HMRC office telling 'us' [HMRC] that. You will probably pay too much tax, but a refund can be sorted out at the end of the year'

So if you really dont want your new employer knowing, then don't give them the P45, but be prepared to pay a bit too much tax for a while.
 
Not lying, just bending the rules a bit.

Im not gonna accept a job for silly money for the sake of it, everyone tells small exagerations of what they earn for new jobs, its part of applying.

If we didnt, we'd all have the same wages for every new job. It's what tempts you to a new job.
 
You may get them to offer a bit more, but at the end of the day they will have a figure they think your worth, if they are only willing to pay you 10k then telling them you used to earn 15k isn't going to make them offer you >15k, infact it may mean that they don't offer you the job!

If you don't think the salary range is appropriate then don't apply for the job.
 
Depends on the size of the company.

In a reasonably large company your P60 will go to the HR dept and be processed. No-one will probably look at it and anyone who does certainly won't know what you said in your interview.
 
[DOD]Asprilla said:
Depends on the size of the company.

In a reasonably large company your P60 will go to the HR dept and be processed. No-one will probably look at it and anyone who does certainly won't know what you said in your interview.
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Interview notes?
 
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