HMRC Tax Professional and Operational Delivery Higher Officer Caseworker

Manchester. My checks have been completed for about 3 weeks, just getting my hopes up that they sent me a start date super quick haha

How long did it take from filling the DBS form online till getting the checks completed?

How long did it take from filling the DBS form online till getting the checks completed?

I'm starting in Liverpool on 14/12 - will I definitely be paid at the end of December for the half month I work? I'm getting paid for the half of the month I'll be working in my current job on 16/12 but definitely need the other half for rent and bills!

I would not bank on getting paid at the end of December. The payroll cut off date is always earlier that month due to the bank holidays, so it'll really be touch and go. In normal months, new starters starting mid month usually find they have to wait until the end of the following month.


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Payroll cut off date at hmrc will be 19th December, if your registered on payroll by then you should get paid but only if your an external candidate. If your transferring from another government department then your current department will pay you for the full month and hmrc takes over the following month and bumps up your wages to account for your new pay.

Thank you.

I'm external, do you think the chances of me being registered on payroll by then is high?

Yeh, just make sure your on top of it when you start. Be sure to submit your new starter declaration so you get taxed correctly because I doubt your previous work place would have submitted their final pay submission for you so you won't have any p45 details on hmrc systems yet! NEW starter Dec don't forget!

It shouldn't be any longer than a week - 10days tops

Hi thanks for the info, I'll check it out.
In the email I received, it says I have to report to Gregor Alexander at 10am.
Are you currently working there?

Emailing is pointless. Try get a number for CSR ( Civil Service Resourcing) . Get straight to the point as that's only way to chase it up. You shouldn't be waiting that long for checks to complete

Have you been called in to Leeds office to hand in your documents as they would have expired by now??

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Similar position to you. Finished uni in July and just carried on with my part time job (well more casual/less than 10 hours a week job) thinking I'd be in full time employment with hmrc. 5 months later and the furthest I've got is pre employment checks passed. If I knew it would take this long I would have looked for a full time job straight after uni. But like you said, you don't know whether to look for full time employment now at risk of having to leave them soon after starting.

It's an absolute nightmare isn't it. When did your status change to pre-employment checks passed?

No I haven't. I've never been to the office because I originally applied through the Tax Specialist programme where they took copies of my documents at the assessment centre