I'm working away at the moment, but spoke to my wife earlier who told me that HMRC had sent through a PAYE Change of Coding notice, putting me to tax code D0 
Background... was through an umbrella until last September, started my Ltd in August and swapped to working through it the day after quitting the umbrella. My accountant is useless so I wasn't sure if maybe they hadn't sent in the P45 and the fact that I have my company was only flagged by the RTI submission, making them think I had two jobs.
Just phoned them - they actually picked up the phone (first surprise) within about 4 minutes (second surprise). As soon as I'd gone through the ID verification and told them about the notice the lady said "It looks like it's our error". She asked a couple of questions about whether I had two jobs, when I'd left my last employer, how much I earn (minimum + dividends), guessed that I was a director (and seemed a little surprised by me saying yes), and then again said "Our error", apologised (another surprise) and immediately changed the code to something sensible.
Wot a shocker! OK, they screwed up, but I'm very pleased with the way they fixed it. I'd presumed I'd sit on hold until the lines close at 20:00 and then be cut off, based on past experiences.
Background... was through an umbrella until last September, started my Ltd in August and swapped to working through it the day after quitting the umbrella. My accountant is useless so I wasn't sure if maybe they hadn't sent in the P45 and the fact that I have my company was only flagged by the RTI submission, making them think I had two jobs.
Just phoned them - they actually picked up the phone (first surprise) within about 4 minutes (second surprise). As soon as I'd gone through the ID verification and told them about the notice the lady said "It looks like it's our error". She asked a couple of questions about whether I had two jobs, when I'd left my last employer, how much I earn (minimum + dividends), guessed that I was a director (and seemed a little surprised by me saying yes), and then again said "Our error", apologised (another surprise) and immediately changed the code to something sensible.
Wot a shocker! OK, they screwed up, but I'm very pleased with the way they fixed it. I'd presumed I'd sit on hold until the lines close at 20:00 and then be cut off, based on past experiences.
When I heard there was a letter from HMRC I did wonder whether it was going to be some sort of inspection seeing as the company is so new.
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